Adi Finkelstein

Adi Finkelstein is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing at the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT). She completed her PhD in Medical Anthropology (“Summa cum laude”) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2009). In 2012 She was awarded the Ginsberg foundation Scholarship for post-doc studies. She was a visitor scholar at UC Berkeley (2012–2013) where she was trained in disability studies. Her primary research interests are the lived experience of people with chronic illness and their families, patient-doctor communication, social and cultural aspects of women’s health, end-of-life care and medical/nursing education.