Audrey Shafer

Administrative Appointments

• Co-Director, Biomedical Ethics & Medical Humanities Scholarly Concentration (2003 - present)
• Faculty, Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (2003 - present)
• Staff Anesthesiologist, VA Palo Alto HCS (1989 - present)

Honors and Awards

• Henry J. Kaiser Foundation Award - Outstanding & Innovative Contributions to Medical Education, Stanford University School of Medicine (2007)

Professional Education

Web Site Links

• Literature and Medicine

Research Interests

literature and medicine, humanistic aspects of medicine and anesthesia care, language and medicine, communication, medical humanities, ethics of anesthesia care, creative writing

Publications

• "It blew my mind": exploring the difficulties of anesthesia informed consent through narrative. Shafer A, Anesthesiology. 2009; 110 (3): 445-6
• Feeding...being fed: poetry and commentary. Shafer A, Bonner L, Reisman A, Bein S. J Med Humanit. 2009; 30 (2): 135-41
• Bridging science and poetry: a commentary on Nan Cohen's "Rope Bridge" Shafer A, Academic Medicine. 2007: 82 804-5
• I must tell you in a poem: poetry and commentary. Shafer A, Maxwell B, Strauss R, Kopp VJ. J Med Humanit. 2007; 28 (3): 173-80
• Always a surprise, even a wonder: poetry and commentary. Haddad A, Pucciani D, Shapiro J, Shafer A. J Med Humanit. 2007; 28 (2): 105-14