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.

New free database: “Practical Applications of Humanism”

Our newest database highlights tools and strategies to foster humanistic care in both education and in practice. Help expand our collection by submitting your work for inclusion.

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Practical Applications of Humanism Database

Deadline extended for Pearl Hurwitz Award nominations

Do you know a remarkable woman who exemplifies humanism in the healthcare arena? We are seeking nominations for the 2019 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Humanism in Healthcare Award.

Deadline has been extended: December 21, 2018

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Gold grantee Dr. Riess releases new book

“The Empathy Effect: 7 Neuroscience-Based Keys for Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Work, and Connect Across Differences”  by Dr. Helen Riess is now out! This marvelous book offers examples of concrete ways to build essential skills for relating to others.

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Helen Riess & The Empathy Effect

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Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – November 2018
November 29, 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 ... chevron_right 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 ... chevron_right 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 ... chevron_right 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 ... chevron_right 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 ... chevron_right 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 ... chevron_right 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 ... chevron_right Read more
MS1 Trevor Jamison, center, at Baylor’s 2018 White Coat Ceremony
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