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Tag Archives: Disease

Diseases of despair – an Easter ramble.

Despair on Easter Sunday, mid-Passover. Who ate the goat? Who stole the Stolen?!

Posted byrodkersh1948April 9, 2023Posted inEffectiveness, family, Holiday, JudaismTags:Americans, Bernie Sanders, Chad Gadya, despair, Disease, Easter, Greed, Iceland, Insulin, It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism, Passover, poverty, Wealth2 Comments on Diseases of despair – an Easter ramble.

The trouble with keeping people well.

You are more likely to achieve your goals through a humanistic, love and be loved approach rather than one steeped in cynicism.

Posted byrodkersh1948May 27, 2019Posted inEffectiveness, Humanism, Person Centred CareTags:Disease, hypertension, John Diamond, primary prevention, Snake Oil, Social Prescribing1 Comment on The trouble with keeping people well.

Me, we, dementia and Donne

Once this shift, this change in perspective has occurred, nothing can ever be the same.

We not I.

Us not me.

Posted byrodkersh1948June 17, 2017Posted inDementia, Drugs, Effectiveness, Evolution, Humanism, Person Centred CareTags:Brexit, Dementia Action Alliance, Disease, Donne, entangled photons, Grenfell tower, Nietzsche, patient safety, We statementsLeave a comment on Me, we, dementia and Donne
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