Health and its cognate disciplines are the subject of wrenching changes in Western society today, changes calling for creative response on the part of institutions offering educational programs in the health disciplines. (MLW)

Anatomy education in Pakistan is facing many of the same challenges as in other parts of the world. Roughly, a decade ago, all medical and dental colleges in Pakistan emphasized anatomy as a core basic discipline within a traditional medical science curriculum. Now institutions are adopting problem based learning (PBL) teaching philosophies, and…

The narrow perspective on illness that specialization can produce can be forestalled through efforts to broaden understanding of illness by delineating ethical dimensions of relationships to patients, creating a view of the place of the professional in the historical evolution of medicine, and examining how technology influences medicine and…

Outlines bases for cooperation between religious studies and the education and practice of allied health professionals. Identifies themes in which religious perspectives encourage scrutiny of values and assumptions that shape health care: definitions of health and sickness; relation of health to other values; attitudes toward the aged, incurable,…

Within academic health centers there exists a well-established "pecking order" influencing daily life and reflecting fundamental relationships between medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, and allied health. Relationships between individual professionals and between schools within a center are examined for clues to possible change. (MSE)

A discussion of belated efforts to address the national problem of underrepresentation of Blacks in medicine and medical education notes the effectiveness of a California program that emphasizes both racial non-segregation and excellence. (MSE)

Ten articles on teaching the history of medicine at a medical center and commentaries on the articles are presented. Articles and authors include the following: Introduction (Jerome J. Bylebyl); "The History of Health and Disease for Health Professionals: The Case Study Approach" (Gert H. Brieger); "Medical History and Medical Humanities: Some New…

Proceedings from a conference on minority women in the health sciences are compiled. The conference participants included social scientists, nurses, health educators, physicians, and academic administrators representing institutions and programs throughout the United States. The role of minority women as health care providers was addressed as well…