Jonathan Weinkle, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Instructor, Department of Religious Studies
University of Pittsburgh

Abstract: There is growing recognition of the experience of shame in the medical system, both among patients and medical trainees at all levels. Jewish tradition has long held that inflicting shame is a very grave misdeed, and many of the texts on that topic are highly relevant to the current discussion of shame in medicine. This talk will explore those texts, the relationship between shame and guilt, and how this awareness affects the question of whether there is any moral place for medical professionals to feel their own emotions or call out their patients’ behavior in the current environment.

Continuing medical education credit will be available.

The Center’s Healthcare and Religion Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Palliative and Supportive Institute, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Jewish Studies Program

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