Kitchen Table Wisdom 10th Anniversary Author: Visit Amazon's Rachel Naomi Remen Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1594482098 | Format: EPUB
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I recommend this book highly to everyone. --
Deepak Chopra, M.D.Rachel Naomi Remen is nature's gift to us, a genius of that elusive and crucial capacity, the human heart. --
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., author of Emotional IntelligenceThis is a beautiful book about life, the only true teacher. --
Bernie Siegel, M.D.About the Author
Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D. has been counseling those with chronic and terminal illness for more than twenty years. She is cofounder and medical director of the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in Bolinas, California, and is currently clinical professor of family and community medicine at the University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine.
- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Riverhead Trade; 10 Anv edition (August 1, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1594482098
- ISBN-13: 978-1594482090
- Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.8 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I was drawn to this book after listening to an interview with Dr. Remen from the "Speaking of Faith" series on National Public Radio. I could tell from the interview that I was listening to a wise and compassionate person who was speaking from a deep well of experience about the real needs of patients, families, and those involved in health care delivery.
Remen is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California-San Francisco and a chronic sufferer from Crohn's disease, an often debilitating illness. This volume is a collection of brief stories from her own experiences as well as the lives of hundreds of patients she has counseled. Remen has been something of a medical reformer and pioneer as she turned toward the emotional and spiritual needs of cancer patients she was counseling.
Typical of the moving stories in this book is the selection about a man with cancer named Dieter. Convinced that his chemo was no longer working, Dieter told his doctor he wanted to stop the treatments but to continue his appointments just to talk. His doctor pushed him away, saying that if he discontinued treatments, there was nothing more he could do for him. Dieter told his cancer support group, "My doctor's love is as important to me as his chemotherapy, but he does not know." Ironically, Remen discloses in this story that Deiter's doctor was one of her counseling clients, although neither Deiter nor his doctor knew that, and she could not disclose it. The doctor was depressed and isolated, complaining that he was just another white coat and that no one cared for him. Sadly, neither doctor nor patient could receive healing from each other.
Remen's mission has been to base health care relationships on the whole person.
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