tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post1554093797331864627..comments2024-03-27T05:14:34.288-04:00Comments on Medinnovation And Health Reform: Spirituality - Short Take in Spirituality in MedicineRichard L. Reece, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-17065835197414413832009-03-03T10:14:00.001-05:002009-03-03T10:14:00.001-05:00There are many aspects to spirituality in medicine...There are many aspects to spirituality in medicine. Some are as they say related to Vertical spirituality-ones relationship with God...some are more Horizontal..perhaps even a relationship with one's physician or family and how they as two mortals relate to the faces before them. The book The Light Within covers this information well....thelightwithinbook.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723595139138008094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-11631513804857070242009-03-03T10:14:00.000-05:002009-03-03T10:14:00.000-05:00There are many aspects to spirituality in medicine...There are many aspects to spirituality in medicine. Some are as they say related to Vertical spirituality-ones relationship with God...some are more Horizontal..perhaps even a relationship with one's physician or family and how they as two mortals relate to the faces before them. The book The Light Within covers this information well....thelightwithinbook.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723595139138008094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-63279199932196848722008-03-11T16:18:00.000-04:002008-03-11T16:18:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure what the lack of spirituality prob...I'm not so sure what the lack of spirituality problem is. Some say it's because we're a materialistic nation. I doubt it's inflated physician egos. But I do know many physicians regard a patient's death as a personal defeat. As for me, I tell my wife I'm a humbel person, and she says I have a lot to be humble about.Richard L. Reece, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-1454677020836650632008-03-11T16:14:00.000-04:002008-03-11T16:14:00.000-04:00Good observation. Social contacts and support ease...Good observation. Social contacts and support ease pain and provide moral support.Richard L. Reece, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446550629857699574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-5331606414016028752008-03-11T14:04:00.000-04:002008-03-11T14:04:00.000-04:00Have to say that in my fifteen years of deteriorat...Have to say that in my fifteen years of deterioration from an illness that proved beyond diagnosis even at NIH, few doctors really treated me like a person, much less connected at a spiritual level.<BR/><BR/>I think it's partly the insurance dominated system and party that being a physician is a profession that, for some people, conduces to an outsized ego.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770384445526387065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076839327674215825.post-45688474378477808052008-03-11T12:52:00.000-04:002008-03-11T12:52:00.000-04:00The positive impact of religion may be in its soci...The positive impact of religion may be in its social networking component. A new study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons noticed a decrease in pain and length of stay for those who had more social contacts encouraging them post-op. :)<BR/><BR/>http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=297510771Dr. Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481032355977889911noreply@blogger.com