There’s a man goin’ ’round, takin’ names There’s a man goin’ ’round, takin’ names An’ he took my father’s name An’ he leave my heart in pain There’s a man goin’ ’round, takin’ names (And he works through mother, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, etc.) Brother and sister, aunt and uncle Man goin’ ’round takin’ names […]
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Kane summarizes the options patients and families have when they are discharged from the hospital to another health care venue. a key concern … “Often social workers are really concerned with the immediate discharge plan … from their facility’s perspective; they’re not always as in tune with the future placement options for that [patient].” Mor
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I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day. What hours, O what black hours we have spent This night! what sights you, heart, saw; ways you went! And more must, in yet longer light’s delay. With witness I speak this. But where I say Hours I mean years, mean life. And my lament
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… Halifax discusses many facets of compassion, in particular what we often refer to as “Whose need is it?” … ” … one can feel acutely distressed about the suffering of another and engage in behaviors that appear to be helpfulto the suffering person, but if he or she is motivated, consciously or unconsciously by
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Constantine the Emperor, afflicted with leprosy, was advised to bathe himself in the blood of three thousand children as a therapeutic remedy for his illness. However, he refused to do so. This mix of history and legend tells that, after this refusal, he was healed by St. Sylvester, who appeared to him in a dream.
events which recur in history … an anachronism … ? Read More »
… factors that influence family member’s perception of their loved ones prognosis … an experiential study in a recent Critical Care Medicine. Among major influences on family member’s understanding of prognosis … – patient’s intrinsic qualities and will to live – patient’s physical appearance or status – patient’s prior history of illness/survival – power of
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To this hath Fate reduced The form, that, when with life it beamed, To us heaven’s liveliest image seemed. O Nature’s endless mystery! Jonathan Galassi has a new translation of Leopardi’s poems … he and others discussed at the New York Encounter. On the Portrait of a Beautiful Woman CARVED ON HER MONUMENT. Such _wast_
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… a true scientist. A presentation at the New York Encounter this weekend. The life and work of the great geneticist and doctor through the eyes of his daughter, Clara Gaymard. A unique occasion to know about Dr. Lejeune’s life, scientific work, and discoveries directly from his daughter; how he lived the unity between his
… is to be loved. The case of euthanasia in Quebec. One of the presentations at this weekend’s New York Encounter. While Quebec’s health care system lobbies to accommodate assisted suicide, a chorus of voices against this practice, that is federally outlawed, is heard on the front lines. A stream of witnesses, especially among medical
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Balfour Mount quotes Phil Simmons … The thing itself, like the predawn moment, is always new when we are truly present to it. I would concur with Phil: “More and more I find that dwelling in the present moment, in the face of everything that would call us out of it, is our highest spiritual
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