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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 »Annapolis—St. John’s College Lecture and Discussion
Jim Bailey will give the Friday Night Lecture at St. John's College on 9–11 about "Dante and the Hero's Quest for Healing" in the Francis Scott Key Auditorium. After the lecture, he will lead discussion of his lecture in The Conversation Room adjacent to the Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
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…
Find out more »Nashville—American College of Preventive Medicine Regional Health Systems Transformation Meeting
Dr. Jim Bailey and Dr. Cyril Chang will speak and lead discussion on 'Health System Transformation: The Path to High-value Health Care' for the introductory lecture in this regional meeting hosted by the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM). ACPM is hosting three regional summits to highlight health systems transformation activities and the role of preventive medicine in this work. Presenters will include state officials and stakeholders, state Departments of Health, ACPM members involved in health systems transformation work, U.S. Centers…
Find out more »Memphis—M. L. Seidman Town Hall Lecture & Signing
Knapp Family Foundation M. L. Seidman Town Hall Lecture -Jim Bailey will discuss "The Industrial Giants" of modern healthcare "Whose Time is Past" and the servant leader champions of person-centered health care who are at work to replace them.
Find out more »Memphis—University of Memphis Address and Signing
The End of Healing: Telling the Truth about American Healthcare through Fiction Jim Bailey will discuss his first novel, which narrates “the journey of a young healer into the depths of a modern healthcare hell that parallels the path taken by Dante Alighieri through his Inferno 700 years ago.”
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