Resources

How clinicians integrate humanism in their clinical workplace--'Just trying to put myself in their human shoes,' Roze des Ordons, et.al.

Do Doctors Need More 'Sacred Moments' in Medicine?, MedPage Today

The Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education, AAMC

Creating a Model for Humanized Health Care, Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine

Relationship-centered Care: A Constructive Reframing, The Relationship-Centered Care Research Network

• Beyond the Cure, Catherine S. Hwang, MD, MSPH

• The Quiet Part of Medicine—Caring Beyond the Protocol, Wang, Xin, & Wang

• Somebody to Love,  Victoria Johnson, MD, MPH

• The Stories We Share, Erika Ramsdale, MD, MS

• My Sightless Journey -- A Story of Perserverence, David M. Greer, MD, MA

• Toward Eternity, Christie Rampersad, MD

• The Ladies of the Canyon, Anudari Zorigbaatar, MD, CM, Priya Bapat, MD,  and Fiona Emdin, DVM

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Hopkins Institue for Humanizing Healthcare

Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Balint Groups.   The Sacramento County Medical Society hosts online Balint Groups for its physician members as a way to explore the clinician-patient relationship.  Many of these groups are facilitated by our very own Rochelle Frank and Michael GuntherMaher.

IntrospectiveSpaces.com.  Introspective Spaces is an aligned organization embracing the mission to "navigate moral distress through soulful practices like art and ritual," and to build, "inclusive community spaces to foster connection and contemplative practice."  They offer retreats, workshops, and book clubs.

We confess, we do love poetry!  Sometimes, a poem can express a feeling, a longing, or an insight that can't be captured in any other way.   Poems can even heal.

 We are working on collecting some favorite poems that are connected to healthcare, and we hope you will enjoy them.  If you want to nominate one of your own favorites, please click on this link.