One example of how our STEM fields desperately need the influence of the humanities: it’s dehumanizing to doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals to put up with the expectation that their professional detachment can protect them from the human toll of caring for the sick. Our health care system seems masterfully built to grind down both doctors and patients.
Good read – this hit the NYT about a week ago. I’m behind. 🙂
The most draining aspect of medical training, it turns out, is not long hours, brash colleagues or steep learning curves — it’s the feeling that you’re often unable to be there with and for your patients in the way you want, in the way you’d always imagined you would be.
via The Importance of Sitting With Patients – NYTimes.com.
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RameyLady
I write. I design. I cook. I read. I make music. I talk to people -- all kinds of people.
I used to teach and hopefully will do so again someday.
My dream job would be a cross between barrista and consultant, with a large helping of international travel and bohemian wandering through concerts, museums, galleries, and open spaces.
Somewhere back in time, my students started calling me "RameyLady" and the name stuck. I like it. There's a Ramey-man too. He's a much better writer but he seems to be too humble to share it with the world....at least, not yet.
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