Health Care
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Day 138-139 – Michelangelo the Caregiver
It is time for all of us to speak up on behalf of the patients and first line caregivers who are, together, mistreated by our healthcare system. Hospital executives, in particular, should be taken to task for the outrageous disdain… Continue reading
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Days 114-116 – Living in Emergency – Doctors With Love
The astounding documentary, Living in Emergency, screened recently at the Nashville Film Festival and hopefully in wide release soon, portrays the astounding efforts of the volunteers of Doctors Without Borders. One of those profiled, T.C. Krueger, M.D., is a Nashville… Continue reading
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Days 312-314 – Open Forum Question on Love & Fear
How would you describe the balance of Love and fear in your life? For example, how much of your life is governed by fear and worry as opposed to Love and serenity? Conscious awareness of questions like these has… Continue reading
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Days 235-237 – Open Forum
Welcome to our weekend open forum. All caregivers are invited to submit whatever comments they would like about the experience of loving others. Click on Comments, below, to share your thoughts.-Erie Continue reading
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Day 57 – Living Love in the Presence of Apathy
It is very clear that the great caregivers are consistently in touch with God’s Love. This does NOT necessarily mean that they are religious. To the distress of some clergy, religion is not a requirement for deep spirituality. What the… Continue reading
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Open Forum on Loving Care
In yesterday’s Journal, I wrote about the Apostle John’s statement that God is love. If you accept this as true, than Loving care is Godly care. How does this interpretation affect the way you think of your… Continue reading
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Seeking Courageous Leaders
[The following post was written by Cathy Self, Sr. V.P., Baptist Healing Trust]… The higher plane of leadership is a phrase used by Ken Blanchard, known to most as the author of “The One Minute Manager.” In discussing the difference… Continue reading
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The Compassionate Physician
"The good physician treats the disease. The great physician treats the patient who has the disease." – William Osler, M.D. (left,1849-1919) Dr. Osler’s famous quote distinguishing the great physicians from the good speaks volumes about the role of compassion.… Continue reading
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Halloween & Reformation Day
The anniversary I now like to honor on this date is Reformation Day, which began October 31, 1517 when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg Cathedral calling for reforms and an end to abuses in… Continue reading
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A CEO Summit on Loving Care
CEOs from America’s Healing Hospitals met in Nashville Monday to talk about a single subject: Loving Care. It is a select group. Their numbers are all too few. Every CEO in the country should be discussing the same subject. … Continue reading
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