Hope As A Vital Sign

Doctors caring for patients facing incurable illness often feel pressure to come up with a “miracle” treatment. But what if what those patients really hope for is far more achievable than this? In a previous post I responded to the human side of doctoring:...

“It’s Treatable, But Not Curable”

I recently spoke with two physicians about what patients understand the words “treatable” and “incurable” to mean. Drs. John Hearst and Carol Tunney were interviewing me for their radio show, “Natural Instincts,”which is about “Health, Healing and Conscious Living.”...