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Atrium, which is one of the very best open-access ethics & medical humanities journals out there, has issueda call for submissions for Issue 8 (Summer 2010). Here is the Call:

ATRIUM Call for Proposals (Theme: "Happy")
Deadline for proposals: February 1, 2010
Article deadline for accepted proposals: March 15, 2010

The theme for Issue 8 (Summer 2010) is "Happy." ATRIUM encourages potential authors to think creatively about broad interpretations of theme. For example: Does the concept of happiness have any relevance to medicine? How is pleasure a factor in medicine, illness, bioethics, or medical humanities? What's the role of emotion, affect, or the presentation of self? How should we define "patient satisfaction"? Are our students happy? Does it matter? What do you love about your work, where's the joy in medicine today? If you're not happy, what needs to change?

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Call for Submissions:
End of Life Stories

Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays that explore death, dying, and end of life care, for a collection to be published by Southern Methodist University Press. We’re looking for stories that transcend the “I” and find universal meaning in personal experiences. We hope to include stories representing a wide variety of perspectives—from physicians, nurses,hospice workers, social workers, counselors, clergy, funeral directors,family members, and others. We want narratives that capture, illustrate and/or explain the best way to approach the end of life, as well as stories that highlight current features, flaws, and advances in the healthcare system and their impact on professionals, patients, and families.

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Atrium, one of the finest bioethics/medical humanities publications out there, has put out a call for papers:

Proposals are invited for the Fall '09 issue of Atrium, due April16, responding to the theme "Killer Apps." In computer jargon, a "killerapp" is a must-have application, an innovation so necessary or compellingthat it sweeps the field, or provides the core draw for some largertechnology. In the medical context, the concept of a "killer application"might have more sinister implications. What applications of the medicalhumanities and bioethics have changed, or potentially will change, thepractice of medicine? Atrium encourages potential authors to thinkcreatively about broad interpretations of theme.

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