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Welcome to my website. 

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For those who attended ASBH in Cleveland, in October, see Book Chapter link for a transcript of the video and audio material that was omitted from my presentation, "Richard Selzer in the 21st Century." MYS

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The first volume of my biography on Richard Selzer is nearing completion.  Thank you for your frequent queries and for your patience. Look for its title soon:  Richard Selzer: A Literary Biography (Reinventing his Life).

The Table of Contents appears in "Book Chapter" link.

See my six-part publication in The Independent Scholar (National Coalition of Independent Scholars) on "The Art of Biography" (now available on-line for NCIS members):

I. "Overview and Getting Started" [Summer 2007].

II. "Focus and Foreword" [Fall 2007].

III. "The Interview" [Winter 2007].

IV. "Authorial Tone" [Spring 2008].

V.  "Love Letters" [Summer 2008]

VI. "The End Game Strategy: Design Matters & the Author-Publisher Partnership [Fall 2008]

           For other resources, look at these links:   Speaking Schedule; Lectures [includes full text of Yale Medical School lecture]; and “The Diagnostic Embrace”  [full text of WSSA talk]. In Publications and Book Chapter, I detail my past and on-going work. Bioethics and Medical Issues in Literature (Greenwood Press, 2005), which has become a valuable resource for those teaching the medical humanities. At last, go to Medical Humanities Curricula, Student Papers, and What the Students Say to get some teaching ideas. 

I welcome your comments and questions.

  Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

       –Constitution, The World Health Organization

© 2008 Mahala Yates Stripling, PhD 

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Website reviews:

Dr. Stripling, I am a graduate student majoring in English. While surfing the net for information about medicine in literature, I discovered your website.  Not only was your site helpful for my research purposes, but it got me very interested in the academic blending of science and literature.  I enjoyed reading all that your website offered and plan to purchase some of your published literature as well.  Jessica Jarvis (2006)

Dr. Stripling’s website not only provides an in-depth look at her as an individual including publication history and teaching and lecturing schedules, but it also invites the casual scroller, as well as the focused reader, to investigate the very topic of medical humanities. Because she offers her email address, she receives inquiries from students around the world doing research, in addition to medical educators and writers looking for information about Dr. Richard Selzer, whose biography she is writing.  She opens a dialogue with everyone responding to her invitation since her desire is to educate those who wish to learn.—Linda Lucas, B.A. National Honor Society (2005). 

Dr. Stripling, your website is an asset to students both in and out of the classroom.  Additionally, potential students and pre-med faculty at area universities who peruse it will see your inspiring curriculum and fascinating work.  They will get a taste of the Medical Humanities and feel encouraged to take the plunge!  I will keep checking the site and watching your progress. - Kim Higgins, All-American Collegiate Scholar (2000)

site design by Glynda Reynolds

  *Website updated:  October 1, 2008.