Nick Griffin

Oops! I didn’t watch it myself but oh my, did I hear about it... a lot! Newspapers, TV reports, family discussions, even meeting up with friends. The guy is definitely getting the attention he wanted... probably just not the type he wanted ;)

Raising doctors the beta way

You see what I* did there? Ok… well I thought it was good, meh!

We got an email recently telling us about how although Facebook and Twitter are becoming a growing trend in society, we should be mindful of the way in which we use them in our lives both professionally and personally. And I suppose this applies to everyone regardless of their chosen careers.

It seems that in the medical area, Twitter is acceptable for say sharing opening hours etc, but not consultations or having personal conversations with your patients which obviously is wrong and lacks common sense.

I’ve know classmates in previous years who have got into trouble for posting certain Facebook updates which may contain personal details of other people (very rare occurrence) or perhaps adding the relatives of a patient as a ‘friend’ on Facebook (weirdly more common, especially with guys – sorry to be stereotypical!)

I think it goes without saying that – yes, technology is useful but we should be careful about how and when we use it. I particularly like this final article 'Raising doctors the beta way' – a clever title, which I borrowed for my post :P

* I say ‘I’ but I actually borrowed the title from this article ;p

They live on

Definition of death: the termination of biological functions that define a living organism. It refers both to a particular event and to the conditions that result thereby.

Death is something that is celebrated, embraced and feared all across the world. It has no qualms, about who it encounters - social class, religion, gender, age; these all are irrelevant. If there is one thing we can be certain of in life is that eventually, one day we will all die. Some people have a hard time adjusting whilst others seem to accept it effortlessly. No matter how prepared you think you may be, spiritually, practically etc, somehow it never seems enough. What’s worse than your own death is losing a loved one; knowing that you can’t help and leaving you to helplessly watch on. There is nothing that can compare to the feeling of losing a loved one and it is something that I feel you never really get over.

When I read this story, I found it incredibly sweet and sad at the same time. I was amazed at how such a small young mind was able to accept her imminent death and not only that but she had the strength to see her family through the tough times that would follow after her departure and help them in her own special way.

ARTICLE:
To say that “Notes Left Behind” is a book about a 6-year-old girl who died is accurate, but woefully inadequate. By filling her family’s house with hidden messages of love and hope, Elena Desserich continues to celebrate life long after she succumbed to pediatric brain cancer...
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