Healthcare Musings For 21st June 2019

Healthcare Musings For 21st June 2019

21 June 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   Critical Choices and Uncommon Courage   I have a new “hero,” guru, and role model. She is Sister Joan Chittister, an 83 year old Benedictine nun. Her latest book, The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage has...
What Does The Plight of the Homeless Say About the Rest of Us?

What Does The Plight of the Homeless Say About the Rest of Us?

I took the picture that heads up this post on a walk this week in Albuquerque. I was there to visit my son and his wife. They moved to Albuquerque in 2007. For my daughter-in-law it was a return to her hometown. Both of her parents had been teachers in the Albuquerque...
An Enthusiastic Invitation To Be Disruptive

An Enthusiastic Invitation To Be Disruptive

One of my occasional delights over the past few years has been to have a friend or former colleague whom I have admired and learned from send me a manuscript or a recently published book that they have written. I am always a little apprehensive when what has been...
Healthcare Musings For 12 April 2019

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...
Healthcare Musings For 22 March 2019

Healthcare Musings For 22 March 2019

  22 March 2019   Dear Interested Readers,   Musing With Friends About Healthcare   This week’s letter lives up to the title of “Healthcare Musings.” The dictionary says that musings are periods of reflection or thought. I would add that when I am...