The Arnold P. Gold Foundation champions the human connection in healthcare. We engage schools and their students, health systems, companies, and individual clinicians in the joy and meaning of humanistic healthcare, so that patients and their families can be partners in collaborative, compassionate and scientifically excellent care.

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This year, Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient Care will be celebrated from February 11-15. Order materials, share your plans, or download a banner today.

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As our nation celebrates Americans of all ages who have served in our armed forces, the Gold Humanism Honor Society is launching a national program to encourage civilian clinicians to more effectively identify, diagnose and treat U.S. veterans.

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Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – December 2018

December 21, 2018

The Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup features summaries of recently published studies on humanism in healthcare. To receive email notification of new studies once per month, enter your information here and select “Jeffrey Silver Research ... Read more

Photo gallery from #YeahYouWrite 2018 event with writers Danielle Ofri, Rana Awdish, Judith Hannan & more

November 20, 2018

This November, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation joined with the wonderful #YeahYouWrite monthly author series to host a special evening focused on humanism in healthcare at Bo’s Kitchen & Bar Room in ... Read more

GHHS member Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame

November 19, 2018

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha was instrumental in exposing the water crisis in Flint Michigan and bringing it to national attention. As a young attending physician at Wayne State University School of ... Read more

Golden highlights from the 2018 AAMC Annual Meeting in Austin

November 9, 2018

The 2018 Learn Serve Lead Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) brought together more than 4,000 attendees in Austin, Texas, for inspired learning on the hot topics ... Read more

Dr. George Thibault gives the 2018 Jordan J. Cohen Humanism in Medicine Lecture in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 3, 2018.

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“E” is for Explore: Considering your options & how you make decisions

October 30, 2018

by Karen Knops, MD Good partnerships are built on clear communication. In our A-S-C-E-N-D framework, designed to help create strong and helpful communication during health appointments, our focus so far ... Read more

ASCEND title page: "E" for Explore

Through his art, Penn State cardiologist and Tow awardee Joseph Gascho spotlights patients and healthcare colleagues

August 29, 2018

As a cardiologist and a photographer, Joseph Gascho has combined those worlds into art that illuminates patients and his fellow healthcare colleagues as human beings. Dr. Gascho is a cardiologist ... Read more

Dr. Joseph Gascho with portraits of patients

Reflections on my first white coat

August 24, 2018

This essay was first posted on the Baylor College of Medicine website and is reprinted with permission of the college. By Trevor Jamison, MS1 at Baylor College of Medicine It ... Read more

MS1 Trevor Jamison, center, at Baylor’s 2018 White Coat Ceremony

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