Mindful Medical Practice: Clinical Narratives and Therapeutic Insights

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction: Mindful Medical Practice....Pages 1-4
Mindful Rounds, Narrative Medicine, House Calls, and Other Stories....Pages 5-11
Lost Heart (Beat)/Broken (Body)....Pages 13-18
Working with Groups Mindfully....Pages 19-24
The Opera of Medicine....Pages 25-28
The Mindful Psychiatrist: Being Present with Suffering....Pages 29-35
The Death of a Snowflake....Pages 37-39
Carmen’s Story....Pages 41-47
A Mindful Life in Medicine: One Pediatrician’s Reflections on Being Mindful....Pages 49-56
Embodied Wisdom: Meeting Experience Through the Body....Pages 57-60
Minding Baby Abigail....Pages 61-69
Mindfulness in Oncology: Healing Through Relationship....Pages 71-74
Choosing to Survive: A Change in Reproductive Plans....Pages 75-78
Mindfulness in the Realm of Hungry Ghosts....Pages 79-84
In the Heart of Cancer....Pages 85-88
Hiking on the Eightfold Path....Pages 89-93
Strengthening the Therapeutic Alliance Through Mindfulness: One Nephrologist’s Experiences....Pages 95-98
Richard’s Embers....Pages 99-103
Mindful Decisions in Urogynecological Surgery: Paths from Awareness to Action....Pages 105-110
The Good Mother....Pages 111-118
I Am My Brother’s Keeper....Pages 119-121
The Mindful Shift....Pages 123-126
Lifeline....Pages 127-130
Medical Students’ Voices: Reflections on Mindfulness During Clinical Encounters....Pages 131-137
Growth and Freedom in Five Chapters....Pages 139-143
A Wounded Healer’s Reflections on Healing....Pages 145-150
Mindfulness, Presence, and Whole Person Care....Pages 151-153
Mindful Attitudes Open Hearts in Clinical Practice....Pages 155-160
Back Matter....Pages 161-163