Papers presented at a symposium on philosophy and medicine at  the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas  Medical Branch in 1974 were published in the inaugural volume of this  series. To help celebrate more than 20 years of extraordinary success  with the series, another symposium was convened in Galveston in 1995.  The convenors asked the participants these questions: In what ways and  to what ends have academic humanists and medical scientists and  practitioners become serious conversation partners in recent years?  How have their dialogues been shaped by prevailing social views,  political philosophies, academic habits, professional mores, and  public pressures? What have been the key concepts and questions of  these dialogues? Have the dialogues made any appreciable intellectual  or social difference? Have they improved the care of the sick? Authors  respond from a variety of theoretical perspectives in the humanities.  They also articulate conceptions of philosophy of medicine and  bioethics from various practice experiences, and bring critical  attention to aspects of the contemporary health policy.

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