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| October 1998 Conference examines The conference, titled "The Healing Arts in American and Asian Cultures: A Conference on Living and Dying Well," will be held on the UM campus and in surrounding venues. It will examine integrative medicine - a health-care approach that seeks to join traditional and alternative styles of healing - and look at ways to bridge Asian and American traditions in the pursuit of living and dying well. The event will include a Korean music and dance performance, panel discussions, film and art exhibitions, workshops, and a health information fair. Phil West, director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center, said the conference will bring together medical experts, complementary and long-term health-care providers, and artists in an effort to foster discussion throughout the western Montana community. Conference highlights will include: "Dying Healthy: Lessons Learned From the East and West" by Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, who researches and writes extensively about the interplay among cancer, nursing and ethnicity. She will speak Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ the King Church, 1400 Gerald Ave. "The Integration of Western Psychotherapy With Tibetan Buddhist Concepts in Working With Dying People" by Lobsang Rapgay, who authored "The Tibetan Book of Healing." He will speak Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Christ the King Church. A performance of Korean music and dance, including the traditional mask dance and p'ansori storytelling art, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the University Theatre. The Mansfield Center is co-sponsoring the conference with The Missoula Demonstration Project. The conference is designed for public and professional audiences, and all events are free. A full conference schedule is available on the Mansfield Center Web site at http://www.umt.edu/mansfield or by calling (406) 243-2988.
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