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The last lecture

I flashed-forward a decade and imagined them strutting around a hospital wards, missing the point as they seemed to miss it now.

Posted byrodkersh1948March 11, 2023Posted inDelirium, Dementia, Effectiveness, family, Humanism, Judaism, Person Centred CareTags:Dispatches, Golden Rule, Hillel the Elder, lecture, medical school, NHS, Randy Pausch, studentsLeave a comment on The last lecture

Two or three roads diverged in a yellow wood, now and then.

Had I drowned, the story would have ended.

Posted byrodkersh1948November 6, 2022Posted infamily, JudaismTags:Benjamin Zephaniah, Bernading Everisto, Bruce Lee, Elizabeth Day, fate, Glasgow, Gloria Steinem, head injury, How to Fail, Israel, Jackie Chan, Jarvis Cocker, medical school, Michael Rosen, Robert Frost, Sheffield trams4 Comments on Two or three roads diverged in a yellow wood, now and then.

Sun, sea and outdated cultural references

(Can you hear the crickets? The Bouzouki?)

Posted byrodkersh1948July 15, 2022Posted inEffectiveness, family, FilmTags:Captain Corelli, cognitive biases, community care, Daniel Kahneman, Douglas Adams, Elaine Bromiley, Ford Prefect, Frank Carson, Greece, Human Factors, Kefalonia, Martin Bromiley, medical school, NHS, Nietzsche, Shoe Event Horizon3 Comments on Sun, sea and outdated cultural references
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