Posted in Death & Dying on Apr 9th, 2010
JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
Volume X, Number X, 2009
Anthony L. Back, M.D.,1 Susan M. Bauer-Wu, Ph.D., R.N.,2
Cynda H. Rushton, Ph.D., R.N.,3 and Joan Halifax, Ph.D.4
Abstract
In trying to improve clinician communication skills, we have often heard clinicians at every level admonished to ‘‘use silence,’’ as if refraining from talking will improve dialogue. Yet we have also noticed [...]
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May 21, 2010 — May 28, 2010
Instructors: Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD * Ben Daitz, MD * Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN * Susan Benjamin, MA * Tony Back, MD and Mary Taylor
Description:
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This revolutionary and practical training program for health care professionals gives essential tools for work with dying people and [...]
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Posted in specific medical conditions on Apr 9th, 2010
So essential to healthy eating is a healthy perspective that Zen Buddhist master and prolific author Nhat Hanh joins forces with nutritionist Cheung for a truly holistic approach. The duo pairs the latest nutritional information with the age-old Buddhist practice of mindfulness—that is, of being fully aware of all that is [...]
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In Dharma in Hell, prison activist and meditation teacher Fleet Maull shares his journey of transformation and service amidst the anger, violence, darkness and despair of a maximum security federal prison. This collection of previously published and unpublished writings from his 14 years behind bars vibrates with kindness, hope and the [...]
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Posted in Hospice on Apr 9th, 2010
Qual Health Res. 2005 Dec;15(10):1329-44.
Bruce A, Davies B.
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Abstract
In this interpretive study, the authors explore the experience of mindfulness among hospice caregivers who regularly practice mindfulness meditation at a Zen hospice. They explore meditative awareness constituted within themes of meditation-in-action, abiding in liminal [...]
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Posted in Provider Grief, Zen Tradition on Apr 8th, 2010
Disabil Rehabil. 1997 Oct;19(10):442-51
Edwards M.
University Support Centre, University of Western Australia, Australia. medwards@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Abstract
The Zen Buddhist contemplative tradition involves several meditation and instructional techniques that have strong phenomenological and theoretical connections with the experience of loss and the process of grief. From experiences which occurred during personal encounters with [...]
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Posted in Aging on Apr 8th, 2010
Neurobiol Aging. 2007 Oct;28(10):1623-7
Pagnoni G, Cekic M.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, 101 Woodruff Circle, Suite 4000, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. gpagnon@emory.edu
Abstract
Zen meditation, a Buddhist practice centered on attentional and postural self-regulation, has been speculated to bring about beneficial long-term effects for the individual, ranging [...]
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Neurology. 2008 Jun 10;70(24):2321-8.
Wahbeh H, Elsas SM, Oken BS.
Department of Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Mail Code CR120, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Half of the adults in the United States use complementary and alternative medicine with mind-body therapy being the most [...]
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Pain Med. 2009 Nov;10(8):1395-407.
Morone NE, Rollman BL, Moore CG, Li Q, Weiner DK.
Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Determine the impact of an 8-week mindfulness meditation program on disability, psychological function, and pain severity in community-dwelling older adults with chronic low [...]
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Posted in Burnout on Apr 8th, 2010
JAMA. 2009 Sep 23;302(12):1284-93.
Krasner MS, Epstein RM, Beckman H, Suchman AL, Chapman B, Mooney CJ, Quill TE.
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA. michael_krasner@urmc.rochester.edu
Comment in:
JAMA. 2010 Jan 27;303(4):330-1; author reply 331.
JAMA. 2009 Sep 23;302(12):1338-40.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Primary [...]
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