Alan Schwartz

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“In theory, theory and practice are indistinguishable.
In practice, they are not.”
– Proceedings of the Symbolic Logic Conference

The complete record of my scholarly work is my curriculum vitae.

Postings from the Contextualizing Care blog with Saul Weiner

  • Remembering Dr. Simon Auster ‐ Saul Weiner
    Dr. Simon Auster, MD, JD’s countless insights and the example of his life and practice of medicine were the inspiration for much of our work on contextualization of care. Saul’s most recent book, On B …
  • Saul Weiner at the 2020 ICCH Plenary ‐ Alan Schwartz
    Saul Weiner gave the 2020 Plenary at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare. You can watch his presentation below or at https://vimeo.com/474981486 The post Saul Weiner at the 202 …
  • Coming in 2020: On Becoming a Healer ‐ Alan Schwartz
    Saul Weiner’s new book, On Becoming A Healer: The Journey from Patient Care to Caring about Your Patients is slated for release by Johns Hopkins University Press on April 7, 2020. You can learn more a …
  • Saul Weiner at VHA iEx 2019 ‐ Saul Weiner
    Saul Weiner discusses the Contextualizing Care Program active at several U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers at the VHA iEx 2019 session on October 23, 2019. The post Saul Weiner at VH …
  • Saul Weiner and Amy Binns-Calvey on “An Arm and a Leg” ‐ Alan Schwartz
    Saul Weiner and Amy Binns-Calvey discussed the use of USP “secret shopper” patients in our VA study on the “An Arm and a Leg” podcast on July 24, 2019. You can listen to the show at https://armandaleg …
  • Helping homeless Veterans ‐ Alan Schwartz
    VA Research Currents has published an article about our work in enhancing contextualization of care in the VA through direct observation by unannounced standardized patients – and how we’re using them …
  • LFWM wins 2017 PROSE Award for Life and Biological Sciences ‐ Alan Schwartz
    Listening for What Matters has been named the winner of the 2017 PROSE Award for Excellence in Biological and Life Sciences, one of the five primary categories. The PROSE awards are given annually by …
  • Stanford MedX (updated) ‐ Alan Schwartz
    At 1:50pm Pacific time today, Saul will be speaking in the Plenary Hall at Stanford MedX about the importance of using unannounced standardized patients to directly observe care, one of the core missi …
  • Contextual care on The 21st with Niala Boodhoo ‐ Alan Schwartz
    In about 30 minutes, we’ll be live on WILL Illinois Public Radio, speaking with Niala Boodhoo on the show The 21st about contextual care and doctor-patient communication. Show information (and the arc …
  • New Books Network interview ‐ Alan Schwartz
    Saul and Alan met with Mikey McGovern from the New Books Network podcast network and spoke about Listening for What Matters for New Books in Medicine / Psychology / Science, Technology, and Society. R …

Postings from my Making Medical Decisions blog