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Cambridge—Harvard Book Store
Jim Bailey will be available for an informal meet and greet and to sign copies of his book at Harvard Book Store in Harvard Square, Cambridge following his talk today at the Stoeckle Center of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Come meet Jim and get your signed copy of The End of Healing in one of the great book stores of the western world.
Find out more »Charleston—Medical University of South Carolina
Dr. Jim Bailey will speak to medical students and faculty on The Path to High-Value Health Care for Department of Medicine Grand Rounds at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Using the story of his young physician hero, Dr. Don Newman, he will show the kind of courage the path to best evidence-based practice and true health system transformation demands. In light of these stories, his talk will examine why the world of modern healthcare—more than any other social sector in the United States today—needs heroes. Dr.…
Find out more »Charleston—Blue Bicycle Books Address & Signing
Jim Bailey will talk about his novel, The End of Healing, and how Americans can reclaim their health and healthcare resources and find true healing in today's world.
Find out more »Memphis Area Authors’ Festival —Bookstock 2016
Jim Bailey will be signing copies of his book at the Memphis Area Author's Festival. Come say hello and help celebrate books and authors from “Shakespeare, Dr. Seuss, and Everything in Between.”
Find out more »Atlanta—B&N at Emory Bookstore Signing
After his talk at the Emory University School of Public Health earlier in the day, Dr. Jim Bailey will be speaking about The End of Healing and signing copies at B&N at Emory Bookstore. Jim will be available to sign books from 5 - 7 pm and will discuss and answer questions at 6 pm.
Find out more »Atlanta—IHI Open School Emory Chapter Address and Signing
Jim Bailey will speak to medical, nursing, and public health students in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School Chapter of Emory University. Using real-life stories drawn from his novel, The End of Healing, Dr. Bailey will reveal how the diagnostic, therapeutic, and systems errors that patients and their healers experience each day have powerful ethical dimensions. Using the story of his young physician hero, Dr. Don Newman, he will show the kind of courage the path to best evidence-based practice and true health…
Find out more »Memphis—Compass Group Address & Signing
Jim Bailey will discuss "Why Everyone Should Join the Journey to the Healthy City."
Find out more »Florence, AL—Alabama Association of University Women Address & Signing
Jim Bailey will discuss The End of Healing at the University of North Alabama, Alabama Association of University Women monthly meeting.
Find out more »Monteagle, TN—The Episcopal Churchmen of Tennessee 69th Annual Conference
Jim Bailey will serve as a keynote speaker at The Annual Conference of The Episcopal Churchmen of Tennessee, the largest conference of its type in The Episcopal Church. The theme of the conference, "The power of stories to inspire and transform," comes from Mark 4:34—“But without a parable spake he not unto them.” Jim will tell how and why he decided to tell use the medium of fiction to tell the story of American healthcare, and how our stories have the power to change…
Find out more »Santa Fe—St. John’s College Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series
In his lecture, "Dante and the Hero’s Quest for Healing" Dr. Bailey will discuss the hero’s quest in ancient and modern literature. Using examples from mythology, Homer’s Odyssey, Virgil’s Aeneid, Dante’s Inferno, and his own novel, The End of Healing, Bailey’s lecture will consider how each of these stories involves a process of healing, both for the broken world in which the hero finds himself and for the hero personally. In light of these stories, the lecture will examine why the…
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