Healing - Transcending Suffering - Mindfulness

     "Healing may be operationally defined as the personal experience of the transcendence of suffering. Physicians can enhance their abilities as healers by recognizing, diagnosing, minimizing, and relieving suffering, as well as helping patients transcend suffering."

       Egnew TR. The Meaning Of Healing: Transcending Suffering. Ann Fam Med 2OO5; 3: 255-262.
 

     "To practice medicine in this way — that is, to cure when possible and to foster healing even in the absence of cure — the physician needs to add the form of consciousness called mindfulness to the traditional “black bag.” This state of consciousness can be taught and learned through practice. Numerous medical schools around the world have recognized the need to broaden training such that curing and caring are equally valued and simultaneously provided in the best interest of the patient. Outcomes may depend upon it."

       Dobkin PL. Fostering healing through mindfulness in the context of medical practice. Curr Oncol 2009; 16(2): 4-6.

See also: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2012/11/232-cultivating-wisdom-to-know.html

Andre Gallant   http://www.andregallant.com/