Bringing the Best of Religion into Medicine Yesterday I went to the funeral of my older daughter-in-law's mother . She was a much-loved person who was very active in her church. Th...
Either/or Thinking about Opiate Addiction An article about " Rehab Rooted in Science " in this morning's New York Times provokes me to rant about one of my pet peeves -...
Physicians as "Counsellors" One of my favorite moments in music is the spectacular chorus in Handel's Messiah : For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given...
Mindfulness, Clinical Outcomes, and Patient Safety Two months ago, when I wrote a post about using the walking we clinicians do in the course of the working day as opportunities for meditati...
Schwartz Center Highlights Compassionate Care I joined about 2000 others at the annual Kenneth Schwartz Center for Compassionate HealthCare dinner last night. Kenneth Schwartz was a he...