Healthcare Musings For July 29, 2022
July 29, 2022 Dear Interested Reader, Do We Have The Will and Mindset To Improve Our World? My Dad was a theologian who became a minister to earn a living. His sermons were built on his conservative theology and were full of stories. In his sermons, he...
Pondering Choices That Might Put Out The Fire
The character of medical practice has changed over the past fifty years. The changes go far beyond our technological and scientific advances. Many reflect on the change in the experience of providing care. Others focus on how the experience of receiving care...
Does What We Consider Shape Our Approach To Patient Care?
I frequently reflect on my experiences with my parents. It’s ironic that long after they have gone, I am just catching on to some of the lessons that they tried to teach me. In retrospect, one lesson that I was particularly resistant to receiving seems very...
Healthcare Musings For 12 April 2019
12 April 2019 Dear Interested Readers, What Can We Do About The Poverty Where We Live? I am reading a new book, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will To Survive by Stephanie Land. Over the past two years I have searched for books in my...
A Culture of Caring Epitomized In A Picture
If the picture in today’s header seems oddly familiar, you are right. It is a precursor image of the famous picture, “The Doctor” that hangs in the Tate Gallery in London and was painted by the imminent nineteenth century British artist, Sir Luke Fildes. ...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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