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Oct 8, 2014
"The secret in caring for the patient is caring for the patient" --Victoria Sweet
Slow Medicine: An Interview With Victoria Sweet
Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco was, as far as anyone knows, the last almshouse, or Hotel-Dieu, in this country -- a hospital for the sick and poor. Dr. Victoria Sweet took a position there, a place where she and other physicians could practice a different kind of medicine -- an intimate, intuitive, deeply skilled medicine focused on continuing care and observation of the patient, minus computers. This powerful interview shares more.
BE THE CHANGE
Each of us has someone we are caring for, who needs help and attention. Practice observing on a deeper level, trying to intuit what that person needs.
