Slow Medicine: An Interview With Victoria Sweet

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October 8, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace 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. { read 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. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The One Thing They Carried With Them The Beautiful Fragility of Language The Science of Love The Difference Between Listening & Hearing Relationships Are More Important than Ambition A Moving Letter from Fiona Apple 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 149,768 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More