Health Care
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Friday Open Forum: Self Care
One of the biggest challenges for caregivers is self-care. In the course of focusing on the needs of patients, co-workers, family and friends, self-care often gets lost. "I don’t have time to sit for five minutes with my eyes… Continue reading
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Living Faith
Ultimately, the question is not what faith or even whether the organization offers itself as religious. The crucial question is: Does the organization practice their own mission. It’s a great question for every charity. And a great challenge for each… Continue reading
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Friday Forum – Healthcare Reform
What do you think about healthcare reform? Do you support universal coverage or not Continue reading
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Polls: Americans Want Universal Coverage
What major faith traditions and the voice of history tells us is that our society will be judged on how we care for the “least of these” in our society. By this measure, our current society earns low marks. Isn’t… Continue reading
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Freedom From Worry – About Personal Healthcare Bills
Ultimately, these issues about our healthcare system are questions of Love. How can we insure that Love is the center of care regardless of the constraints of the system? This is the question each loving caregiver asks everyday. And on… Continue reading
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What We Can Do
The HMO was a good idea in theory. In practice, it would appear it has been a disaster for the well being of millions of innocent patients. Continue reading
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Seeing “Sicko”
There are lots of forgettable films out there in theaters. You will not be able to forget the images and the message in “Sicko.” At the end of the story, the crowd in the theater gave the film a standing… Continue reading
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Open Forum on Loving Care
Today, the Journal extends an invitation to readers to respond to the question: Who has provided the best example for you of how to give loving care and how did they demonstrate this? Click on "Comment," or… Continue reading
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Mission Fraud!
Hospitals and charities that are wise enough to ground their services in radical loving care have nothing to fear from government programs or public opinion. American healthcare stands at a fork int he road – and they need to take… Continue reading
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Safety
Today offers an opportunity to pray for those caught in this turbulence of hate, children and adults alike. It is also an opportunity to recognize the caregivers who devote their lives to helping. Continue reading
Journal of Sacred Work 