STANFORD STUDENT CHAPTER

At Stanford student PSR members have been busy with a number of exciting events and activities. In April 1999, they kicked off a dinner seminar series with a lecture and discussion on the role of the physician in screening and treating domestic violence. In May 1999, Dr. Tessa Walters of Stanford gave a lecture on the health effects of biological and chemical warfare. Several of members of the student chapter have also been working with undergraduate students at Stanford for Healthcare Without Harm. The last week in May, students at the medical school and main campus signed postcards urging the Stanford Hospital Administration to stop incinerating the majority of its waste. Stanford Student PSR is planning a noon elective for the fall 2000 semester entitled “Physicians and Social Responsibility.” There will be lectures on a variety of topics, from environmental health effects to gun violence, from health and human rights to grass-roots organizing. Dr. Herbert Abrams, of Stanford, will be giving the kickoff lecture on the history and work of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

For more information, contact PSR at 510-845-8395.