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Informed Consent

A woman about to undergo cancer therapy is given informed consent for her treatment in a cold and uncaring fashion

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Autoimmune Disease

Hope and Healing Part Two

“Well, medicine was mostly faith-healing when it came to it. And he had a good manner – he could inspire hope and belief.”― Agatha Christie Last

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Autoimmune Disease

Hope and Healing

“The treatment is really a cooperative effort of a trinity- the patient, the doctor, and the “inner doctor.” -Ralph Bircher “Rise and go your way;

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On Not Wanting To Die

Last week I talked about a hospice patient who, on the surface at least, seemed to be nowhere near “terminal” status.  Although she had several

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