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Medicine’s River of Meaning – Rachel Remen


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Medical reformer Rachel Naomi Remen, author of "Kitchen Table Wisdom," believes the idea that doctors must fix the patient gets it wrong. In this provocative, deeply moving episode of Humankind, Dr. Remen explains a different vision of the doctor-patient relationship, in which the patient is viewed not as "broken" or as a "victim," but as someone whose strengths have not yet been fully uncovered. She views the assumption that medical science will fix everything as arrogant. Instead, Dr. Remen says, we need to acknowledge the element of mystery that we can't control, as a guiding force in health and illness. In 1992, she developed a course for medical students called "The Healer's Art," which stimulates reflection on these themes. Today the course is taught in seven countries, including about half of U.S. medical schools. Well over 10,000 physicians have studied these principles. The plight of medical students -- and need to nourish their sense of service and purpose -- are also considered.
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