Courage and Change

Do you have the courage to change?

The courage to change: Patient perceptions of 12-Step fellowships

BACKGROUND From a health services perspective, peer-based resources merit special attention. Participation in self-help fellowships, like the Twelve Step Groups (TSGs), have been shown to improve outcomes of patients with substance use disorder (SUD) and they represent a valuable adjunct to the SUD treatment system. This study investigated the relationship between patient perceptions of TSGs an...

Courage Unmasked

Lying supine, the technician uses my mask to bolt me to the treatment table. After he leaves the room, I feel alone, and at first, afraid. I see and hear the radiation machine move around me, but feel nothing. Minutes later, the door opens, and the mask is unbolted. This process is repeated almost daily for 2 months... After 2 weeks, the skin on my neck and inside my mouth becomes red, sore, an...

Courage and Moral Anger

On at least one prominent and traditional view, courage involves actions undertaken to accomplish an important objective in the face of danger to the person performing the action. The danger may be to one’s physical or psychological well being, or to one’s reputation, professional standing, or personal relationships. Such actions are, moreover, usually distinguished from rash, foolish, or reckl...

Courage and Vision

arrangements for physical illness. Patients are to be admitted without formality?so that even voluntary status is an unnecessary concept: safeguards and standards of individual care are to be those that any doctor or hospital authority would naturally employ. The needs of the patient are more important in determining the type of hospital he goes to than scientific classifications. All this mean...