A few weeks ago, I sat with an elderly man with locally advanced bladder cancer and his daughter. She was worried; he no longer seemed like himself. He slept most of the day. He had no appetite, not even for her cooking, which he had once loved. She described how he used to fill the kitchen with stories from his morning walk—the neighbor’s new dog, … Continue reading Shattered and Adaptable: Two Books, One Truth About Being Human
“I don’t do guilt.” Dr. Robin Taylor is a pulmonologist who practices in Glasgow, Scotland. Most of the patients who come to see him in his respiratory clinic, smoke. And one of the most important things he could help them do for their health is to quit. And as simple as it sounds, it is notoriously a difficult thing to do. And it is not … Continue reading Guilt: The Elephant in the (exam) Room.
A new book: “Transcend” by Scott Barry Kauffman. I just started reading it and it is fabulous. Kauffman takes Maslow’s humanistic psychology and his most known – and turns out often misunderstood – concept of “hierarchy of needs” and elevates it with the latest scientific findings from a wide range of fields. “My research has convinced me that we all have extraordinary creative, humanitarian, and … Continue reading Friday Assorted Links #4
Marcin Chwistek, MD 