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Black-belt medicine

For me, the difference between the two belts and their equivalents in medicine can be described as transactional and transformational care.

Posted byrodkersh1948March 13, 2022March 14, 2022Posted inEffectiveness, family, Film, Humanism, Person Centred CareTags:british geriatric society, Bruce Lee, diabetes, dodgy doctors, haematemesis, HbA1c, IHI, Jack Kerouac, Martial arts, Quadruple Aim, Shukokai, stroke, thrombectomy, Walt Whitman4 Comments on Black-belt medicine

Diabetes and depression

One too many bowls of pasta or pints of beer is a thing. We are not talking good or bad.

Over-sensitivity to noise, pressure, change or criticism is also a thing. It just is.

Posted byrodkersh1948August 12, 2018August 12, 2018Posted inEffectiveness, Humanism, Person Centred Care, PoesyTags:Depression, diabetes, Google, information governance, metaphors, Susan Sontag, Type 2 diabetes1 Comment on Diabetes and depression
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