Medicine and Compassion: A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (694 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0861715128 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jarrard said It was a good read that I passed on to a friend who. It was a good read that I passed on to a friend who is a doctor. It is a basic Dharma book with the emphasis on the cultivation of compassion.. Timeless Wisdom Medicine & Compassion is an important book. It should be required reading for physicians, medical students, nurses, caregivers, and hospice staff. Every family should have it on their bookshelf. Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and even non-religious people will benefit from this book because the ideas are about the human condition which transcends all differences of faith. In a word, this book is a treasure.We all grow old, get sick, and die. Impermanence, uncertainty, and sorrow pe. Nancy Piper Jenks said A remarkable book. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and David Shlim have articulated beautifully an invaluable lesson in learning how to encompass compassion into our encounters with patients. As nurses and physicians we work with great dedication and energy to help our patients move toward a healthier state of being. The process sometimes seems very easy and gratifying however, sometimes we are stuck and not sure why. This book offers practical advice to the reader of how to more effectively approach each patient with kindne
. He has authored six books, and he regularly visits and teaches at retreat centers in many countries, including his North American retreat center in California, Rangjung Yeshe Gomde. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche is the abbot of one of the largest monasteries in Nepal, with over 250 monks. He has focused on making authentic Tibetan Buddhist teachings available to Westerners. Shlim MD ran the world's busiest destination travel medi
Readers, in turn, will find their patience, kindness, and effectiveness re-energized.Offering practical advice on dealing with people who are angry at their medical conditions or their care providers, people who are dying, or the families of those who are critically ill, Medicine and Compassion will strike resonant cords with medical professionals, hospice workers, teachers and parents of children with special needs, and those caring for aging and infirm loved ones.. act as informal caregivers for ill or disabled loved ones. It is estimated that some 54 million people in the U.S. In a clear and very modern voice, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Dr. We can add to these countless workers in the fields of health and human service, and yet there is still not enough help to go around: as many as three fourths of our informal caregivers report "going it alone." It's no wonder that "caregiver
Scholars accept that translations of some Hippocratic texts are embedded in canonical Tibetan medical books. This book is a simple and well-written introduction to the Tibetan variant of Buddhism, a global religion that has garnered increasing interest in the United States since Zen textbooks became available in the 1950s. The New England Journal of Medicine is a registered trademark of the MMS. KaptchukCopyright © 2005 Massachusetts Medical Society. We are told that even if we are saddened because we cannot cure everyone, we can find some joy if we make our effort to help 100 percent. Rather, Tibetan medicine is an amalgam o