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Articles and Information

Grapevine Discovery programs, (featuring the Grapevine Process®) were first written about in Maricopa County Medical Society's journal, Round-Up. This article, titled "Meaning and Medicine " (PDF) appeared in the October 2004 issue (page 27) and preceded the inaugural program, April 1 – June 25, 2005.

Physicians Finding Fulfillment (PDF) , appeared in the same journal in the August 2005 issue (page 37). Overall program value and outcomes from the successful launch of the inaugural program were reviewed.

²Listen to a nine minute Founders' Interview by Fred Corbus and Dr. Howard Silverman by clicking here (MP3).

Publications by Dr. Silverman:


  • "Teaching Spirituality on the Web: Experiences from the University of Arizona Associate Fellowship in Integrative Medicine", Craigie FC, Silverman H., Maizes V. , Explore! (accepted for publication in early 2007).

  • "Meaning and Medicine" (PDF only), Silverman H., Corbus F., Maricopa County Medical Society Round-Up, Volume 50, Number 10 (October 2004), pp. 27-31.

  • "Creating Knowledge-based Healthcare Organizations", Burdick T., Hensing J., Kirkman-Liff B., Nenaber P., Silverman H., Simington M.: Managing Knowledge to Improve Healthcare Quality in Banner Health. Book chapter edited by Wickramasinghe N, Gupta J and Sharma S. Idea Group Publishing 2005, pp. 337-352.

  • "Creating a Spirituality Curriculum for Family Practice Residents", Silverman H., National Institute for Program Director Development Fellowship Project (May 1996).

  • "Treatment of Common Eye Emergencies", Silverman H., Nunez L., Feller D., American Family Physician, 45(5):2279 - 2287 (May, 1992).

  • "Aging and Ceremonies", Silverman H., (Fall 1990) in Generations, the Journal of the American Society on Aging.

  • "Role Strain: Illness in a Physician's Family", Silverman H., Family Systems Medicine 7(4):454 - 457.

  • "Giving Bad News in a Good Way", Silverman H., Senior Patient, March / April 1989, pages 51 - 54.

  • "Fecal Incontinence in Elderly Patients" Dodge J., Bachman C., Silverman H., Postgraduate Medicine, June 1988, pages 258 ‑ 270.

  • "Capturing Clinical Expertise. A Computer Program That Considers Clinical Responses to Digitalis", Gorry G.A., Silverman H., Pauker S.G., American Journal of Medicine, 64(3): 452 ‑ 460 (March 1978).

  • "Hematopoesis", Silverman, H., Slide/Cassette Learning Program, Fleischman Learning Center , Stanford University School of Medicine (1977).

  • "A Digitalis Therapy Advisor", Silverman, H., Master's Thesis TK-147, Project MAC, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1975).

Articles by Mr. Corbus which appeared in Round-up Magazine (Official publication of the Maricopa County Medical Society. All rights reserved).


  • "Physicians Finding Fulfillment" (PDF only), Silverman H., Corbus F., Maricopa County Medical Society Round-Up, Volume 51, Number 8 (August 2005), pp. 37-40

  • "Meaning and Medicine" (PDF only), Silverman H., Corbus F., Maricopa County Medical Society Round-Up, Volume 50, Number 10 (October 2004), pp. 27-31

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