Focus of the Seminar

This seminar deals with the medical, social, psychological, philosophical, artistic, religious, legal, and commercial aspects of death, dying, and grief. Discussions are concerned with individual and societal views of and approaches to death and its reverse, life through the ages. Attendance is maintained at a level that provides members with ample opportunity for active participation.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Columbia University Seminar on Death
invites scholars and clinicians to

The Austin H. Kutscher Memorial Conference

on

THE PULSE OF DEATH NOW

Columbia University
Saturday, March 29, 2008

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(Click here for the conference program and registration form.)

Seminar Co-Chairs

Michael K. Bartalos, M.D.

Internist, Past Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Past Assistant Professor of Human Genetics and Development
Past Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
212.262.5291
bartalosmk@verizon.net

Christina Staudt, Ph.D.

President, Westchester End-of-Life Coalition
christinastaudt@aol.com

Rapporteur

Joanna Cheetham

Doctoral Candidate
Columbia University, Department of English and Comparative Literature
jlc221@columbia.edu

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