What Do Philosophers Do? - Sholom Glouberman

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"I work with nurses and doctors and help them understand how other people think about the work they do"




Sholom Glouberman is Philosopher in Residence at Baycrest Center for Geriatric Care, He has a BA from McGill and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Cornell University. For the past 25 years he has applied philosophical methods and conceptual analysis to organizations and systems. In recent years, he has focused increasingly on the notoriously intractable area of health and health care as the single most challenging and little-charted frontier. (Recorded on March 06, 2008)

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