Dignity in Care

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Love You Forever

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Munsch, Robert N. and McGraw, Sheila. Firefly Books, 1995.
ISBN-10: 0920668372; ISBN-13: 978-0920668375

A well-known Canadian author penned this children’s book about caring, the constancy of love and how roles change over the life cycle. The short story emphasizes how we all need to be cared for from the time of birth to the time of death.

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Man’s Search for Meaning

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Frankl, Victor. Washington Square Books, 1984.
ISBN-10: 0671023373; ISBN-13: 978-0671023379

Victor Frankl was a holocaust survivor and psychoanalyst, whose critical thesis was that meaning is a fundamental component of the human psychological landscape. Reflecting on his concentration camp experiences, he concluded that Nietzsche had it right: “A man who has a ‘why’ to live can bear almost any ‘how.’” For those who work in health care, this insight is critical. It helps us understand how hope, even under the most difficult or excruciating of circumstances, can be sustained, as long as it is connected with an ability to find meaning in one’s continued existence.

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Man’s Search for Meaning

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Frankl, Victor, Washington Square Books, 1984.
ISBN-10 : 0671023373; ISBN-13 : 978-0671023379

Victor Frankl est un survivant de l’holocauste et un psychanalyste; sa thèse centrale est que le sens est un élément fondamental de la psychologie humaine. Son vécu dans les camps de concentration l’amène à conclure que Nietzsche a raison de dire que « Celui qui sait pourquoi il vit peut supporter quasiment n’importe quoi ». Pour les travailleurs de la santé, cet enseignement est capital. Il nous aide à comprendre qu’il est possible, même dans les circonstances les plus difficiles ou insoutenables, de garder espoir à condition de pouvoir donner un sens à la continuité de son existence.

 

 

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La dernière leçon : Comment un vieil homme m’a redonné le goût de vivre

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Albom, Mitch, Pocket, 2004.
ISBN-10 : 2266145177; ISBN-13 : 978-2266145176

Apprenant que Morrie Schwartz – son ancien professeur bien aimé – est mourant, Mitch Albom décide de lui rendre visite chaque mardi pour recueillir ses anecdotes et ses réflexions. Intuitivement et peut-être involontairement, Mitch fera à Morrie un magnifique cadeau d’adieu : celui d’être estimé et respecté, et lui permettra de continuer d’enseigner, même dans l’ombre de la mort.

 

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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson

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Albom, Mitch. Broadway, 2002.
ISBN-10: 076790592X; ISBN-13: 978-0767905923
Mitch Albom, a former student of Morrie Schwartz, decided to meet every Tuesday with his beloved, now dying, former professor to record his life stories and reflections. Intuitively and perhaps unintentionally, Mitch gave Morrie a magnificent final gift – the gift of being valued and respected, and allowing Morrie to continue to be a teacher, even in the shadow of death.

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