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TED Talk: Distance Between Doctor and Patient

Dr. Sherwin Nuland calls attention to the increasing distancing over the last 2000 years between the doctor and the patient and looks for ways to turn this around.

TED is an international non-profit devoted to bringing people together from different disciplines---interesting ideas presented by interesting people. Ocean City library is able to show these talks in its new conference room. 

Every 2nd and 4th Thursday at 11 a.m. (this month, the 2nd and 3rd Thursdays) a local moderator will introduce and show a TED video that lasts about 20 minutes. After the video, the moderator will lead a discussion until around noon. Come join Ocean City’s open forum where you can hear an interesting presentation then voice your opinion.

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