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Human Books: Social Media, Unplugged, Patricia Wynne, Mslis, Dorothy E. Berenbrok, Mslis, Gary E. Kaplan, Mslis, Ahip, Helena Washington, Mslis
Human Books: Social Media, Unplugged, Patricia Wynne, Mslis, Dorothy E. Berenbrok, Mslis, Gary E. Kaplan, Mslis, Ahip, Helena Washington, Mslis
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Objectives
Purpose: Enable health sciences students and staff to engage in dialogue to challenge common prejudices in a positive manner and to promote empathy for the patients and families they encounter.
Methods
Setting/Participants: Academic Health Sciences library serving students and staff in an urban hospital and university. The ‘reader’ participants included students, staff, and faculty from the academic medical center. The ‘book’ participants included volunteers from both inside and outside the institution.
Results
Brief Description: Adapting an international program, The Human Library, the library recruited ‘books’ who had experienced discrimination based on aspects of their lives such as race, sexual …