Communication and relationships in medicine: state of the art
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- Written by Flavia Caretta
There have been few changes in the life of man as profound as those which have happened in the biomedical sciences and in medical practice in the last few decades.
The art of letting go
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- Written by C. H.
A mother journeys with her addict son. Here’s her story. My son’s drug addiction started around the time he finished high school. Both my husband and I had never done drugs, so at the beginning we were very naïve.
Staying positive, despite the egos
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- Written by M. S., Texas
Facing fights about academic authorship. I work as a scientist in the agriculture division of a university. Throughout my years pursuing a science degree, and now a science career in academia, I have always found it challenging to live the spirituality of unity,
A burst of advocacy
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- Written by Alexis Catipon
Despite the complexity of plastic waste disposal, young people seek solutions and take action. I’m a third-year college student who has signed up for far too many classes this semester — and therefore, an avid iced coffee drinker.
The identity of the person with dementia
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- Written by Flavia Caretta
Nearly 50 million people worldwide suffer from dementia. According to current forecasts, by the year 2050, this figure will have tripled.
From interrelationship to reciprocity: its implications in the medical sphere
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- Written by Anna Fratta
We have reflected on the importance of communication and the art of interrelating in Medicine. My task now is to talk about the significance and value of reciprocity. It is our conviction that knowing how to communicate and to enter into a relationship with another – whether this person is a colleague, a health worker, a patient or his/her relatives – requires a step farther: to arrive at a reciprocal relationship.
The role of spirituality for the patient and the care team
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- Written by Flavia Caretta
In all traditions, medicine is seen as a gift of the Divine or of a Divinity. The oath of Hippocrates already attests this. Medicine calls for a profound transformation of the sick person, anactual conversion, that is, the healing of the body. When thistakes place, it is in practice the consequence of the healing of the soul obtained through purification, a catharsis that may bemore or less long.In this therapeutic scenario the reestablishment of a spiritual relationship with the divine brings one back to normality, that is to health.
Health is a gift - From the 1973 Diary
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- Written by Chiara Lubich
Chiara Lubich shared the light she experienced during a period of illness.
Medical Professionalism: a GP’s Perspective
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- Written by MABEL AGHADIUNHO
“A really good liver” I remember when I was a medical student the excitement of going round the wards with a keen doctor who would take us to feel a “really good spleen” or listen to an “interesting cardiac murmur”. Like my fellow students in our new, pristine white coats, I was very excited. However, something in me rebelled and a little voice said, “This isn’t quite right”. It was not that we did not greet the patient, ask permission to examine and do all that medical etiquette and politeness required
Evolution of the hospital and commitments to be assumed
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- Written by YVONNE KREMMER
Evolution of medicine and of the hospital. Through the centuries, the European hospital has gone through a real metamorphosis.
Starting from the “Hospitalis Domus”, the house where guests were received during the first centuries of our era, the hospital was primarily the place where Christian charity was exercised through all ages.
The Therapy for Chronic Pain: Painmedicine
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- Written by GABRIELE M.
I am specialised in anaesthesia and I have other specialisations in pain therapy, acupuncture and palliative medicine. I work with 5 colleagues in a specialised medical surgery. (In Germany the national health system has two branches: hospitals and medical clinics/surgeries). Our clinic for pain therapy and palliative medicine, is the biggest medical surgery for the therapy of chronic pain in Germany.
What is Professionalism to me? How do I practice it?
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- Written by by AINO MIRJAM INKERI KELO
Right from the beginning of my professional career, it was very clear for me that the patient had to occupy centre stage. As I practised medicine, I understood that this preference had to be translated into practical choices, which were sometimes small but nonetheless fundamental.
From interrelationship to reciprocity: its implications in the medical sphere
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- Written by ANNA FRATTA
We have reflected on the importance of communication and the art of interrelating in Medicine. My task now is to talk about the significance and value of reciprocity.
It is our conviction that knowing how to communicate and to enter into a relationship with another – whether this person is a colleague, a health worker, a patient or his/her relatives – requires a step farther: to arrive at a reciprocal relationship.
International Projects: Achievements, Preliminary Results, New Horizons
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- Written by ANTONIA TESTA, DIRK TIMMERMAN and LIL VALENTIN
The preoperative diagnosis of ovarian masses is essential to provide an appropriate clinical treatment. The introduction of transvaginal ultrasonography has given us the opportunity to obtain preoperative diagnostic parameters which offer extraordinary diagnostic accuracy.
A new cultural model for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. A project in Africa, based on UNAIDS recommendations
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- Written by MARCEL MBULA
The cultural model - HIV/AIDS is an important public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, where 63 % of adults and children who are infected by HIV or suffering from AIDS in the world are living. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), 2.5 million people are infected by HIV or are suffering from AIDS. The seroprevalence of HIV infection is 4.3 %.
Bukas Palad: Community Healthcare in Manila
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- Written by IMELDA PALOMINO
Bukas Palad Foundation Inc., is a non-stock, non-profit and non-government organization. It is established in 1983, to respond to social and health problems of poorest people in Philippines.
