Background
Mermann, Alan Cameron was born on June 23, 1923 in Brooklyn. Son of William Joseph and Ada Fischer (McCree) Mermann.
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To Do No Harm: Learning to Care for the Seriously Ill
(A topic considered taboo since the Victorian Age—how we d...)
A topic considered taboo since the Victorian Age—how we die—is now a subject of open discussion, theological pronouncement, ethical argument, and legislative debate. There are many opinions about choices offered and actions taken. Morality; professional duty and responsibility; costs in money, time, and resources; the harsh realities of suffering, pain, and sorrow - these various factors influence our prejudices, expectations, and decisions about ourselves and those for whom we accept the final responsibility of care and, often, of decisions about living and dying. This book is a study of the ways persons experience serious and life-threatening illnesses, the types of suffering they experience, and ways we can understand their lives. Mermann describes a course at the Yale School of Medicine that uses patients as teachers for students, helping them learn the impact of disease upon the whole person. He covers suffering in body, mind, and spirit. The book also discusses the hopes and the means for a fully realized life for the professional health care provider through compassionate care of the sick.
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Some Chose to Stay: Faith and Ethics in a Time of Plague (Society/Religion/Religion/Society)
(Plague is an apt metaphor to describe much of the gratuit...)
Plague is an apt metaphor to describe much of the gratuitous evil in our world. Even minimal knowledge of contemporary events reveals a variety of plagues in our midst: economic, social, political, and psychological conditions destructive of our personal lives. Alan Mermann sets out to study the various ways by which we respond to the appearance of plague in our communities. Using plague both as reality and metaphor, he looks at the role of faith in guiding and sustaining us toward ethical responses. He documents and discusses the responses that we make by using a variety of literary sources.
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To Do No Harm: Learning to Care for the Seriously Ill by Mermann, Alan C. (1999) Hardcover
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- Some Chose to Stay: Faith and Ethics in a Time of Plague. Promethus Books. 1997.
- Some Chose to Stay: Faith and Ethics in a Time of Plague (Plague is an apt metaphor to describe much of the gratuit...)
Alan Cameron Mermann
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor, Lehigh University, 1943. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1947. Master of Divinity, Yale University, 1979.
MST, Yale University, 1988. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1999.
Career
Intern pediatrics, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1947-1948;
intern pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1948-1949;
senior assistant resident pediatrician, New York Hospital, New York City, 1949-1950;
resident pediatrician, Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1950-1951;
research fellow, Sloane-Kettering Institute, New York City, 1953-1954;
private practice pediatrics, Guilford, Connecticut, 1954-1982;
clinical instructor pediatrics, Yale School Medicine, 1954-1959;
assistant clinical professor pediatrics, Yale School Medicine, 1959-1971;
associate clinical professor pediatrics, Yale School Medicine, 1971-1979;
clinical professor pediatrics, Yale School Medicine, since 1979. Trustee New England College, Henniker, N.H., 1969-1991. Fellow Branford College, Yale University, since 1979.
Member institutional review board Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, Connecticut, since 1991. Lecturer pastoral theology Yale Divinity School, 1979-1982;assistant pastor First Congregational Church, Guilford, 1979-1982. Associate pastor Church of Christ Congressional, United Church of Christ, Norfolk, Connecticut, since 1995.
Chaplain Yale School Medicine, since 1982, human investigation committee, 1983-1991, medical center bioethics committee, chair pediatrics ethics committee, school medicine admissions committee, commission on well-being of students.
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To Do No Harm: Learning to Care for the Seriously Ill
(A topic considered taboo since the Victorian Age—how we d...)
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Some Chose to Stay: Faith and Ethics in a Time of Plague
(Plague is an apt metaphor to describe much of the gratuit...)
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Some Chose to Stay: Faith and Ethics in a Time of Plague (Society/Religion/Religion/Society)
(Plague is an apt metaphor to describe much of the gratuit...)
- Some Chose to Stay: Faith and Ethics in a Time of Plague. Promethus Books. 1997.
- To Do No Harm: Learning to Care for the Seriously Ill by Mermann, Alan C. (1999) Hardcover
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To Do No Harm: Learning to Care for the Seriously Ill
Membership
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1951-1953. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics.
Interests
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Married Constance Barnes, September 4, 1948 (divorced March 1988). Children: Edith, Constance, Sarah, Elizabeth. Married Cecily Allen Reynolds, April 15, 1989.
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1943
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1947
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1979
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1988
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1999
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1947 - 1948
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1948 - 1949
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1949 - 1950
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1950 - 1951
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1953 - 1954
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1954 - 1982