… an article in the most recent Journal of Medicine and the Person discusses the importance of attending to and recognizing the basic needs of our patients and families. A transcript of the original talk and related talks from the 2009 Med Conference. “The key lies in recognizing these basic needs. Not what we have […]
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Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school, where children strove At recess, in the ring; We passed
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… “After so much stress on the necessity of a leader to prevent his own personal feelings and attitudes from interfering in a helping relationship … it seems necessary to re-establish the basic principle that no one can help anyone without becoming involved, without entering with his whole person into the painful situation, without taking
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… over 50 professors from McGill publish a manifesto warning against medicalized killing – euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. ““There are ramifications here that threaten the freedom and human rights of individuals, both patients and medical professionals, who may be pushed into becoming society’s executioners,” it warns. “It has always been our society’s practice to accompany
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… reflections of young Canadian physicians engaged in the euthanasia proposal there … Maximilian Zucchi, Laurence Normand-Rivest … and other voices … John Zucchi, Marc Beauchamp. “At the end of the session, the patient bid her farewells to the physiotherapist, then turned to me and said: “You know, it’s thanks to people like her that
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… “The culture in which we find ourselves … impedes [a] loving knowledge: it imposes another, wrong kind of knowledge … Because this culture separates us from our experience as we have felt it … it cuts off this relationship of ours with experience.” Julian Carron The Destiny of Man 2004 – quoting Luigi Giussani
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The Labyrinth is a documentary that tells the story of Martin Kolodziej, one of the first prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp. He spoke little about that experience until he suffered a severe stroke … during his rehab he started drawing … the trailer … a summary … the film’s web-site … over 100 images
… Teno and colleagues proposal to offer gentle hand feeding (comfort feeding) instead of feeding tubes. As I discuss elsewhere, the best guide to the person’s food and water needs is their comfort. The NYT discusses here and here.
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… an excellent resource for family and caregivers of those with severe dementia. Very practical. Excellent explanations and discussion. “Learning to sit in silence and use the five senses during visits takes practice—it does not seem natural at first. A new kind of relationship may be what your loved one needs at this time. Your
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… an interview with Thea Bowman, “a Franciscan Sister who became a huge inspiration to black Catholic communities, and to wider circles for her joy and gratitude, her nobility of spirit, and her very real spirituality.” “When I first found out I had cancer, I didn’t know if I should pray for healing or life
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