Entries tagged with “Medical Care”
10 Lies My Breast Surgeon Told Me
By Bianca Alexander and Howard Jacobson, Ph.D.According to the NIH, approximately 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lifet…
Book Review: Crooked
CrookedOutwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to RecoveryBy Cathryn Jakobson RaminHarperDid you know that spinal surgeons often have investments in radiology cli…
Care of the Soul: Spiritual Disorders
Every mental health worker knows about the DSM-V, a manual for defining disorders for the health system. It’s like a dictionary in which every psychological problem imaginable has …
Community Champion: Dr. Karen Gedney
A medical doctor who found her calling behind bars, Dr. Karen Gedney always aspired to be a healer. She never imagined that she would spend 30 years in a prison in Carson City, Nevada.
Dying Without Religion: The Existential Concern
Does a nonspecific spirituality (aka spiritual but not religious) suffice to address existential qualms at death's door?
Film Review: Bending the Arc
Bending the ArcKief Davidson and Pedro KosImpact Partners FilmThis is a great, great story. About 30 years ago, a team of dedicated individuals—two young doctors named Paul Farmer …
Film Review: The Resilient Heart
Dr. Valentin Fuster has dedicated his life to promoting cardiovascular health, and he’s convinced that the way to do it is to get to people on a philosophical and moral level. Susa…
Improving Care for Hospice Patients
A new study reveals the lack of research in end of life care resulting in an information gap that damages the quality of hospice care overall.
My Way
"My thoughts about war service underwent a U-turn, however, when within three months Japanese forces sank the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Darwin was bombed (more bombs were dropped on Darwin than on Pearl Harbor), Britain’s newest battleships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Renown were sunk off the coast of Malaysia, and Japanese armed forces came within a mere three hundred miles of Australia."
Portals not Problem Solvers
As caregivers, we need to be more than problem solvers. We need to be portals to a larger possibility.