Listen to the wounded healers

First Aid to the Wounded

Leading healers to exceed.

ow what?” I asked myself. At the time I was the assistant pharmacy director at Sinai Hospital of Detroit and had just been appointed acting director until the permanent director of pharmacy was secured. I was one year out of my residency and a graduate student with the summer to devote to the operation of the hospital pharmacy. I was “as green as a stick” and did not have much of a clue about s...

Whatever Happened to Healers?

When I began to explore the world of alternative medicine nearly three decades ago, I discovered that I would have to expand my vocabulary considerably if I wanted to communicate with therapists. For example, they often used the word “healer,” which was not part of the lexicon of medical school. In fact, I do not recall the term ever being used in my medical training. I had no feel for this exp...

Listen to your drummer.

7 “A Letter to my Younger Colleagues” is a series of essays written by selected senior Canadian paediatricians, who were named as outstanding mentors by a prominent group of their younger peers. I hope you enjoy and treasure the rich pearls of wisdom that each author offers, based on a lifetime of professional practice and personal reflections. Andrew Lynk MD Assistant Editor, Paediatrics & Chi...

Listen to me.

Kathy died 18 months ago. She was 28 years old. She had cerebral palsy and a severe learning disability from birth. When she was 4 she developed juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; at 9 she began to suffer from grand mal seizures which became progressively more difficult to control. In her teens Kathy became extremely ill with collagenous colitis. Towards the end of her life Kathy could not speak or...