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GOLDMAN, JULIE BETH
THE HARTFORD COURANT
GOLDMAN, Julie Beth

Julie Beth Goldman, a former resident of Avon, passed away Monday, (September 18, 2000) due to complications of breast cancer. Ms. Goldman, 37, was a well-known advocate over the last few years for the improvement of the physician/patient relationship. She produced an independent documentary, "One Story, Two Voices: Doctor and Patient Perspectives on Coping with Life-Threatening Illness," which is being used to advance physician education. To tell her story, she traveled around the country to speak at numerous medical conferences, grand rounds and workshops. As a feature interviewee in a special edition of "Caucus New Jersey," Ms. Goldman received a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award nomination. She also appeared on several other New Jersey and Boston-area television and radio programs. Ms. Goldman served on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Physician/Patient Communication Task Force, the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Steering Committee on Doctor/Patient Communication, and the Bayer Institute for Health Care Communication Advisory Board. Ms. Goldman had lived in Cambridge, MA while pursuing a Ph.D. in Anthropology at Harvard University. She served as a Teaching Fellow there and earned a Certificate of Distinction. Ms. Goldman was graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan in 1985, with a B.A. in Economics. Following her undergraduate work, she spent several years in South America serving in the Peace Corps. Ms. Goldman returned to Latin and South America frequently as part of her doctoral research into the agroindustrial economy. Her many grants and scholarships included a Mellon Dissertation Scholarship, a Fulbright HE Research Scholarship, and a Jacob Javitz Fellowship. She is survived by her mother and step-father, Florence and Norman Berlin of Princeton, NJ; father, Norman and step-mother, Kim Goldman; and nephew, Jeremy of Avon; sister, Karen and brother-in-law, John Shaffer; niece and nephew, Hannah and Justin Shaffer of Millstone Township, NJ; and sister, Denise and brother-in-law, Angelo of New York City. A fund has been established to continue Ms. Goldman's advocacy work in the area of physician/patient relationship. The family requests that contributions be sent to the Julie B. Goldman Endowment Fund, Attn. Ms. McBride, Office of Resource Development, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115. Services will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 12:30 p.m. at Goldstein Funeral Chapel, 2015 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ. Burial will follow at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge, NJ.