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M.D.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
November 1984
Commentator, Conference on "Hospitals and Communities," Wood Institute of the History of Medicine, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
April 22, 1997
Consultant PBS "Before I Die: Medical Care and Personal Choices"
1998 - Present
Developed curriculum on "The Ethics of Palliative Care" for Saint Vincents Hospital Palliative Care Curriculum Project
March 13, 1999
Panelist, Fred Friendly Seminary, "Breakthrough? The science and politics of medical journalism," co-sponsored by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the Lancet
November 10, 2002
Panelist, Bikkur Holim (Visiting the Sick) Conference, Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
December 11, 2002
Workshop Presentation, "The Role of Spiritual Care in Chronic and Life Limiting Illness," Explorations in Jewish Spiritual Care Conference, UJA-Federation of New York
May 14, 2003
Hormonal Therapy of Breast Cancer, SHARE lecture series, St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center
June 2003
Chair, Clinical Problems in Oncology Session, "Anger, Hope, and the Care of Patients With Cancer: Religious Thinkers Respond to Case Studies, 39th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Chicago, Illinois
Oct 31, 2003
Organizer, Symposium on Spirituality and Psychosocial Care, supported by Koppaka Family Foundation, St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan
GRANT SUPPORT
2001-2002
Templeton Foundation: Spirituality, Religious Wisdom and the Care of the Patient, conference organizer and director
2001-2002
National Institute of Nursing Research: The Natural History of End of Life Decision Making, sub-investigator
2003-2004
Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation: Spirituality, Religious Wisdom, and Care of the Patient, interfaith conference series, co-director
PUBLICATIONS: REPORTS
Astrow: "An Alert and Incompetent Self--The Irrelevance of Advanced Directives," Case Study and Commentary, The Hastings Center Report, 28:28-30, January-February, 1998
Astrow: "The French Revolution and the Dilemma of Medical Training," Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Spring, 1990
Astrow: Chapter in Facing Death, "Thoughts on Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide," Editor Howard Spiro, M.D., Yale University Press, September, 1996
Astrow, Puchalski, Sulmasy: "Religion, Spirituality and Health Care: Social, Ethical, and Practical Considerations," American Journal of Medicine, 110: 283-287, 2001.
Astrow: "Spirituality, Religious Wisdom, and the Care of the Patient," The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine, online, January 23, 2002.
Astrow: "Spiritual Aspects of Health Care Go Beyond Medicine," Research News and Opportunities in Science and Theology, 3 (1): 13-14, Sept. 2002.
Astrow, Garvin, Smith: "Spirituality" in Panke,J. T. & Coyne, P. Conversations in Palliatiave Care. Pensacola,FL: Pohl Publishing, 2003
PUBLICATIONS: BOOK REVIEWS
Astrow: Book review of The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine, Eric Cassell, Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 37 (1): 150-52, Autumn, 1993
Astrow: Book review of The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America, Thomas R. Cole, The New England Journal of Medicine, 329(27): 2043-44, 1993
Astrow: Book review of The Cancer Dictionary, Roberta Altman and Michael J. Sarg, Pride Institute, Journal of Long Term Home Health Care, 1994
Astrow: Book review of Theological Voices in Medical Ethics, Allen Verhey and Stephen E. Lammers, The New England Journal of Medicine, 332, 1523-25, June, 1995
Astrow: Book review of Hospital: An Oral History of Cook County Hospital, Sidney Lewis, The Lancet, 346:1615-16, December, 1995
Astrow: Book review of Wrong Medicine, Doctors, Patients and Futile Treatment Lawrence J. Schneider, M.D. and Nancy S. Jecker, Ph.D., The Lancet, 348:1227-28, November 2, 1996
Astrow: Book review of Being Brett Douglas Hobbie, The Lancet, 349:887, March 22, 1997
Astrow: Book review of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach, N Engl J Med, in press, Dec. 18, 2003
PUBLICATIONS: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Astrow: "When I Can't Make You Live," Letter, Hastings Center Report 22:45-46, 1992
Astrow: "The Incompetent Self: Metamorphosis of a Person?" Letters to the editor reply, The Hastings Center Report, 28: 5, Sept-Oct 1998
Astrow, Alan B. and Lynn A. Jansen: "Spirituality, Religion, and Medical Care: A Response to Neil E. Scheurich.", E-letter, Academic Medicine, 78:356, June 16, 2003
TALKS AND LECTURES
January 1994
"Robespierre to Residency: The French Revolution and the Dilemma of Medical Training," Humanities in Medicine Lecture Series, Yale University School of Medicine
April 1994
"Thoughts on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide," Ars Moriendi - "The Art of Dying," Yale University School of Medicine Symposium
June 26, 1998
Conference Organizer and Moderator, "Religion Spirituality and Medicine," Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York
December 10, 1998
"Spirituality and Healing," Saint Vincents Hospital Community Affairs Department
June 2001-June 2002
Conference Organizer and Moderator, "Spirituality, Religious Wisdom and the Care of the Patient, " Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York
Sept 13, 2002
Workshop leader, "Spirituality, Religious Wisdom, and the Care of the Patient, Association of American Medical Colleges Conference on Spirituality, Culture, and End of Life
March 12, 2003
"Spirituality, Religious Wisdom, and the Care of the Patient," Medical Grand Rounds, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY
April 10, 2003
"Suffering and Evil in the Jewish Tradition: A Physician's Perspective" Medical Ethics Colloquium, St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center-Manhattan
September 24, 2003
"Ethical and Spiritual Perspectives on Suffering in the Jewish Tradition: A Physician's View", The May Chinn Society for Bioethics and Human Rights, NYU School of Medicine Master Scholars Program, Deans' Colloquium on Medical Ethics