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New on the bookshelf: Recent releases by DMS faculty authors
Communication and Professionalism
Competencies: A Guide for
Surgeons. Edited by Pamela A.
Rowland, Ph.D., research associate
professor of community and
family medicine at DMS; and
Nicholas P. Lang, M.D. CineMed, 2007.
Designed for
surgeons, this
book describes
communication competencies
in various
situations,
covering physician etiquette,
professional image, and cultural
adaptability. It discusses how to
make oral presentations, disclose
adverse outcomes, and request
organ or tissue donations.
Babies by Design: The Ethics of
Genetic Choice. By Ronald M.
Green, Ph.D., adjunct professor
of community and family medicine
at DMS and director of the
Ethics Institute at Dartmouth.
Yale University Press, 2007. This
book presents a
scientifically
and ethically
informed view
of human geneticmodification
and explains
the possibilities
for the future. It outlines
new capabilities in genomic
science; addresses questions of
safety, parenting, and social justice;
and explores religious implications
of gene modification.
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