Category Archives: Emergency/Crisis Medical
How do you want to spend your time?
How do you want to spend your time if your health worsens? If there were only a 50% chance of getting out of bed? 25%? 10%? :- Doug.
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measuring more finely in end of life
We need to measure outcomes of end of life caring more finely: for the larger outcome for us all is death. What if we looked for outcomes in dying? :- Doug.
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What would intensive tenderness look like?
What would intensive tenderness look like? :- Doug.
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Intensive care helps us live longer?
We tend to think more intensive care helps us live longer. Statistics suggest that may not be the case. Beyond that, we might not even know what we mean by living. :- Doug.
Courts are a utility
Courts are a utility. Courts are not a hindrance, but a way to get clarity and finality, commodities rare in our world. When you need water you go to the water utility, for electricity you go to a different place. … Continue reading
“Sickness and in health:”
“Sickness and in health:” in those days sickness left in a few days or weeks. We had no inkling that sickness could be the balance of someone’s life. :- Doug.
Hospitalization upside down
My world has gotten so turned upside down by this hospitalization, I have found it hard to think about meetings and wholes—my thoughts have contracted to the size of my medical issues. :- Doug.