PDF-(BOOS)-Medicine at the Crossroads: A Collection of Stories and Conversations to Forge

Stories and Conversations to Forge a Vision for Health CareMedicine at the Crossroads is a collection of essays based a column originally published in the WacoTribune Herald by renowned cardiologist Dr Michael Attas It touches on three perspectives the physician the patient and the healthcare system and addresses some of the most pressing questions in medicine today Individually each story of illness medicine and healing provides a tiny fragmented glimpse into the heart of a problem Collectively it is Dr Attass hope that these stories forge together to reveal a larger narrative truthThe collection originated among scores of bright inquisitive students in the classrooms of Baylor University where Dr Attas founded the Medical Humanities Program The program was the first of its kind in the United States and it redefined how students prepare for a career in health care Dr Attas and his students explored medicine and the human condition through stories of brokenness and redemption pain and loss and joy and despairBut the stories that have emerged from Dr Attass 40year career are not just for students The conversations are for all of us Whether you are a physician patient or other participant in the healthcare system may you be bold enough humble enough and vulnerable enough to listen to these storiesand to the stories of those around youwith wonder and aweWhile this collection may offer some solutions with fear and trembling it does not dare claim to have all the answers The purpose is simply to start conversations So let us take a collective breath and examine our personal feelings and expectations of medicine May we each glimpse the possibilities and discover our own fresh creative solutionsUltimately the purpose of Medicine at the Crossroads is to help us find our way to compassionate humane health care for all Together may we find healingfor ourselves our loved ones and our systemWhat leaders are sayingFor years Dr Attas has been prescient about changes in medicine and the physicians role In a time of radical change in health care when the very practice of medicine is in question he shows us that the essential relationship is between the patient and the physician United States Ambassador Lyndon L Olson JrCandid transparent and provocative this is a stained glass collection of stories for talking about health care through the lens of the medical humanities helping us understand how the science and art of medicine intersect A mustread for anyone entering or serving in health care Joel T Allison FACHE Retired CEO Baylor Scott and White Health Senior Advisor Robbins Institute for Health Policy and LeadershipDr Attas reclaims ancient wisdom and offers a new vision This is not only a handbook about recognizing patients needs in body and soul but about how those holding life and death in their hands at work can recognize and meet their own needs of body and soul I hope every clinician reads it Kerry Egan MDiv Author of On LivingAt the intersection of faith and medicine Dr Attas grapples with the dilemmas and dissonances of modern medicine in stories that are both personal and prophetic This important conversation about the future of health care reminds future healthcare professionals of their sacred duty to care for patients and urges us all to build a healthcare system based on compassion wisdom and justice Lauren Barron MD Director Medical Humanities Program Baylor University. 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Annex. Prime Pump. Secede. (c) 2011. At its heart, . History at the Crossroads . is an exercise in analogizing history. While not a direct 1 to 1 application of analogy, the mental processing involved in . . SYFTET. Göteborgs universitet ska skapa en modern, lättanvänd och . effektiv webbmiljö med fokus på användarnas förväntningar.. 1. ETT UNIVERSITET – EN GEMENSAM WEBB. Innehåll som är intressant för de prioriterade målgrupperna samlas på ett ställe till exempel:. COMMUNITY HEALTH LITERACY. OUTREACH PROJECT. Introductions. Nancy Wheeler, Coordinator, ICAA Crossroads Literacy. Margarete Cook, WI Literacy Regional Consultant. Allison Machtan, Health Educator, Security Health Plan. Putting It All Together . Practice Exercise. Segment 1: . Begin / Discuss the Patient’s Surrogate. Segment 2:. REMAP – Reframe, Emotion, Map, Align, Plan. Segment 3:. Discuss Life-Sustaining Treatment, Summarize, Close . 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