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Vanderbilt University – Spring, 2009
 
 

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Reflections on Saturday: the Mighty Story, the Mirror Stage, and Henry Perowne’s Ocular Proof

• April 16, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Gender, Medicine and literature, Saturday, Ship Fever
Tags: Andrea Barrett, Henry Perowne, Ian McEwan, mirror stage, narrative medicine, ocular proof, Rita Charon, Saturday, Ship Fever


SATURDAY, & The Moon-Blanched Infarct

• April 16, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Genetic determinism, Medicine and literature, Saturday
Tags: Arnold, Huntington's disease, Ian McEwan, lemonade, Mercedes, writer's block


Matthew Arnold in Ian McEwan’s Saturday

• April 15, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Medicine and literature, Saturday
Tags: Ian McEwan, informed consent, Matthew Arnold, paternalism


A Saturday with the Perownes

• April 15, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Medicine and literature, Saturday
Tags: genetic sequencing, Huntington's disease, Saturday


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