… the third section of Billings’ family meetings in the ICU setting. Do not feel you need to identify every management option. We do not have a responsibility to offer treatment options that will not benefit the patient. Asking, ‘‘What do you want us to do?’’ or ‘‘Do you want us to do everything?’’ requires the family to […]
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… the second part of Billings’ article on family meetings in the ICU setting. “A key point: the clinical team ideally will make clear, strong recommendation to the family, based on the patient’s wishes, rather than asking family members what they want to have done.”
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To Cure Sometimes, To Relieve Often, To Comfort Always … Oct 21-23 Florham Park NJ
2011 MedConference … next weekend … Read More »
Dou, in his painting, seems to perceive that this was the beginning of a new path that would lead medicine to modernity, a path along which medical practice would be increasingly exerted on the patient, rather than with the patient. The painting is composed as a theatrical scene, and the tapestry acts as a drop-curtain.
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“To be able to stand up and face the death of another person, you have to first be able to stand up and face yours … and in that way you look for the sense of your life. Otherwise you really remain shocked and speechless.” Irene’s Eyes – Casadei ed. p. 31
Dr. Marie Hilliard’s commentary on recent HHS mandate. JPII on The Value and Content of Freedom of Conscience BXVI in a recent address speaks of conscience as “reason that is open to the language of being”. CHA on conscience protection … their letter. USCCB General Counsel Brief to HHS. Alvare, Bradley and Snead … Conscience, Conversion
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… “Evidence suggests that legalized PAS will result in a greater number of suicides more generally (and not simply amongst the population who opt for legalized PAS). We will have great difficulty, on the one hand, giving our and medicine’s approval to suicide as the solution to complex problems at the end of life while,
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Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for October is: “That the terminally ill may be supported by their faith in God and the love of their brothers and sisters.”
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… perfect practice makes perfect … “Élite performers, researchers say, must engage in “deliberate practice”—sustained, mindful efforts to develop the full range of abilities that success requires. You have to work at what you’re not good at. In theory, people can do this themselves. But most people do not know where to start or how
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… Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Red Beard’ is the story of a recent medical graduate assigned to a rural clinic for his post-graduate training. In his arrogance, he is livid that he should have to train in a poor clinic – aspiring instead to ascend the ranks of caring for the rich and powerful Shoguns. Through a
