Lawrence White Medicine and Literature Book Group January 13, 2011

This book group uses literature to explore medicine, bioethics, and philosophy. The issues include death and dying, euthanasia, doctor-patient relationships, stem cell research, aging, morality in medicine, and health care policy. Lawrence White is a medical doctor, bioethicist, writer, and pharmacologist. Reading list: 'Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors' by Susan Sontag; 'Everyman' by Philip Roth; 'The House of God' by Samuel Shem; 'The Death of Ivan Ilych' by Leo Tolstoy; and 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' by Rebecca Skloot.