I love books.
Detail from “The Bookworm”
Recently several friends either gave me a book or a reference to one, that has implications for health care from a humanistic or spiritual perspective. I even ran across one on my own. Today’s plan is not to offer reviews or clever insights into the authors but to toss out a question and a challenge. My question is: Who has read any of the books below or one’s with similar intent?
- Aging as a Spiritual Practice: A Contemplative Guide to Growing Older and Wiser by Lewis Richmond.
- Medicine As a Human Experience by David E. Reiser & David H. Rosen.
- Medicine and Compassion: A Tibetan Lama’s Guidance for Caregivers by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche & David R. Shlim.
- From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A Profound New Vision of Growing Older by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi & Ronald S. Miller.
The challenge part is: Who would like to submit to me, a review or insight into the book that you have read? If you submit something I’ll publish it here.
Why am I doing this?
Is it a cheap way to get out a blog when I have writer’s block?
Well, no to the latter. Actually, I want to stimulate into being a greater dialog here, and by getting more of you to participate in the process, it might actually happen. This blog connects to a Facebook page and to a weekly discussion, so there are several options and possibilities for discussion and as more of us become involved the dialog will become richer.
So, take a look at these books and consider how they relate to your profession or your life.
We’ll talk about it.
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Rodger Marion 