Touch creates a healing bond in health care
Despite the rise of scanners, robots and other new medical technologies, the physician’s hand remains one of medicine’s most valuable diagnostic tools.
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Indiana University School of Medicine
The IU School of Medicine (IUSM) was founded in 1903 – only the fourth medical school in the United States, after Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and Western Reserve, to require two or more years of collegiate work for admission. The school awarded the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree to its first class of 25 in 1907. For a photographic look at our history, visit our award winning centennial celebration web site. And visit the IUSM medical libraries history of medicine collection for bibliographic and other details on medical history in Indiana and around the U.S. Also check out the new History of Women at IUSM site, an informative look at women’s role in the history of the IU School of Medicine.
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‘The greatest man in the world’: on the 50th anniversary of Albert Schweitzer’s death
In 1947, Time magazine dubbed him “the greatest man in the world.” He was one of the world’s most famous organists, whose scholarly studies of Bach remain definitive today. As a theologian, he produced…
When parents hesitate about vaccines, what should health-care providers say?
Research shows that what’s most effective is when health-care providers tailor the conversation to address parents’ particular concerns.
