Are you feeling anxious or stressed? Understandable! Amid nations at war, prices rising, rhetoric intensifying, and basic healthcare increasingly difficulty to provide and obtain, you are not alone in feeling apprehensive. The American psychological association latest Stress in America™ survey revealed that 62% of U.S. adults reported significant anxiety in their lives. How can you and […]
We healthcare professionals today feel burdened by time constraints, practice restrictions, administrative duties, and our concern for the pressing needs of our patients. The result is mental detachment, reduced efficacy, emotional fatigue, and physical exhaustion. Where can we turn for refreshment? Consider this year’s inspiring INMED Award winners! On May 28-29 at the Humanitarian Health
For two years I lived in the nation of Angola, amid the longest running civil war in modern African history. Maintaining neutrality was not difficult, for I witnessed first-hand both sides committing atrocities using the weapons of war: land mines, canons, rockets, kidnappings – plus massive misinformation that justified acts of terror. Our little medical
We healthcare professionals today often feel besieged, morally distressed, emotionally exhausted, and on the edge of burnout. Behind these powerful sentiments are occupational factors seemingly out of our control: high patient loads, staffing shortages, diminishing autonomy, consuming documentation requirements, bewildering insurance demands, disrespect from leadership, stagnant pay and reimbursement, and growing workplace threats, even violence.
“Doctor, I feel awful: burning up, terrible chills, aching throughout my body, vomiting, massive fatigue. I can’t care for my children. Going to work is unthinkable. How did this happen?” When I am not at INMED, I practice emergency medicine. On a 12-hour shift this week I saw 18 patients, and seven – like this
Cost weighs heavy upon many of us: groceries, taxes, house payments – and tuition. Healthcare professionals increasingly choose to earn an advanced degree. This extra qualification often opens opportunities in leadership, research, and teaching. But a graduate degree is no light undertaking, often requiring a two- to four-year commitment. And, the average master’s degree in
“In Honduras in just five days we saw 700 patients, treating cough, diarrhea, skin infections. These people are quite poor and were very thankful for the medical attention.” Dani, a family physician, spoke with eagerness. Then her voice turned more subdued. “But people also came to us with hypertension, bad arthritis, and kidney failure. We
This month in Angola, a nation in southern Africa, our team cared for a 10-year-old boy. He was confused, spitting constantly, and several times each minute his arms and legs suddenly contracted in spasms for a few seconds before relaxing again. His mother explained that eight days earlier, he underwent a traditional rite that involved
“I have malaria!” shouted a young mother. “I as well,” declared a shivering elderly man. “My children, they all have malaria,” confirmed a distraught father, “and one died this morning!” In response to my question, “Who has malaria?”, over 100 hands raised among the crowd of patients waiting to see me. Adding to their urgency
Treasure – wealth, power, influence. We all want it. The desire is saturated throughout human nature and human history. But our use of treasure is controversial and provokes ceaseless creativity, corruption, generosity, and greed. What Do You Treasure? In his celebrated Sermon on the Mount, Christ Jesus declares For where your treasure is, there your