The Reverend Dr. Michele Shields joins me on Oahu’s amazing North Shore to talk about why patients’ spiritual needs can be as crucial as their “physical” ones.
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Why Hospital Chaplains ROCK
- June 28th, 2018
Why Should Doctors Deserve Our Trust?
- June 12th, 2018
Tom Hinueber tells a harrowing, personal story illustrating why he believes our current healthcare system has failed his family.
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What I Learned on Hospital Rounds Today
- June 4th, 2018
Social determinants of health are not the most important factor at play. They’re the ONLY factor at play.
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What The Heck Is Gaslighting?
- May 27th, 2018
HINT: it is NOT lighting one’s farts. But it might just stink as much.
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How To Help Our Colleagues With Mental Illness
- May 14th, 2018
What can Margot Kidder teach us about destigmatizing mental illness.
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Ativan Ativan (Ativan)
- May 1st, 2018
You can’t cure stupid, but you can certainly sedate it.
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The Tragedy In Yountville
- March 11th, 2018
We must no longer tolerate violence against those who care for us.
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What Can We Do About Our Mental Health Crisis?
- January 16th, 2018
A frank, personal discussion.
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The Hard Truth Behind That Baltimore Patient Dumping Video
- January 12th, 2018
What the camera couldn’t show.
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The Doctor’s Impaired; Now What?
- December 28th, 2017
Until we can recognize and intervene when our colleagues are struggling, we’re demonstrating a true failure of compassion (and courage).
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Doc Vader Celebrates Thanksgiving
- November 19th, 2017
Skywalker holiday family gatherings can be…um…awkward.
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Doc Vader on Sundowners
- November 16th, 2017
Sunset leads to anger, anger leads to delirium, and delirium leads to throat punches.
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