Biography as an Art Form: The Story of Helen Flanders Dunbar,M.D., Ph.D., B.D., and Med. Sci. D

Helen Flanders Dunbar (1902–1959) was a physician, medieval and Renaissance scholar, theologian, and founder of the American Psychosomatic Society and its journal Psychosomatic Medicine. Her contributions are not currently well known but deserve recognition from all those involved or interested in the dialogue between medicine and spirituality. This essay explores Dunbar’s personal history and professional achievements. It focuses particular attention on a feminist perspective regarding her life and work. It will conclude with a discussion of how biography, as an art form, transforms both author and audience. This essay was originally presented as the Second Annual J.R. Williams Memorial Lecture on Spirituality and Medicine at the Tulane School of Medicine in fall 2013.     

Harvey Cushing,M.D., in His World

Harvey Cushing, M.D. (1869–1939), is the acknowledged father of the discipline of neurosurgery who inspired others to join him in this new field. He was a prolific researcher in the area of human growth disturbances. And he was among the most literary of doctors having won the Pulitzer Prize for his two-volume biography of his mentor and teacher William Osler, M.D. A driven man, he both inspired and intimidated others. This essay explores Cushing’s character and background along with his relationship to Osler. It seeks to understand why and how he may be considered a great figure in spite and because of his demanding and often problematic character. It further seeks to place Cushing in the context of the transition of American society and American medicine in the latter decades of the nineteenth and early decades of the twentieth century. Portions of this essay were originally delivered as part of a Grand Rounds presentation for the Department of Neurosurgery at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Center.     

Richard Clarke Cabot, M.D., a unitarian critique

This article is written to correct a historical impression about Richard C. Cabot, one of the founders of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). Contrary to the popular understanding that he was a typical Unitarian, the author posits that even though Cabot may have been a typical liberal, in his theology, he was an atypical Unitarian. This article places Cabot in his family and historical contexts, his involvement in CPE, and comments on his theology, noting how this differed from the prevailing Unitarian theology of his day.     

Zina Lee,M.A., Gina M. Vincent,Ph.D., Stephen D. Hart,Ph.D., and Raymond R. Corrado,Ph.D. The Validity of the Antisocial Process Screening Device as a Self‐Report Measure of Psychopathy in Adolescent Offenders. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2003; 21, 771–786

In the above article, Zina Lee's degree was printed as Ph.D. This is incorrect. The correct degree should be M.A. The publisher apologises for this error.     

John F. Edens, Ph.D., norman G. Poythress, Ph.D., and scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D., identifying inmates at risk for disciplinary infractions: A comparison of two measures of psychopathy. Behavioral sciences & the law 17(4) 1999, 435-443

The original article to which this erratum refers was published in Behavioral Sciences & the Law 17(4) 1999, 435-443