MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'human spirit'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:29 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4577908&cid=t_105961_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fbest-vs-worst.html No further rigors, no idea what the source was. Slightly worried I'm harbouring something nasty... but declined investigation so I guess I have to lie in my own bed.Increasingly find myself gripped by malaise, and dark feelings of hopelessness, which is somewhat self-indulgant considering my situation versus how it could be.Anyway, blame that for this post.In general, I have a low opinion of humanity. Essentially, I don't think we're as far removed from the beasts as we like to think we are. Left to our own devices, I think most people will happily crap on their fellow man, if it's to their own advantage.Altruism, generosity seem to me to be the exception.La Belle Fille firmly believed quite the opposite; she does have a bright shining soul though. She may be right.I suspect my job biases ... The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4577908 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:51:00 +0100 4577908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3764185&cid=t_105961_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F18%2Fare-you-spiritual-or-psychotic%2F In his bestselling book, “Strong at the Broken Places,” Richard Cohen profiles, among five persons living with chronic illness, mental health advocate Larry Fricks. He writes: Larry had been to hell and back and now his spirit soared. “Religion is for people who fear hell,” Larry told me. “Spirituality is for those who have been there.” Life to Larry is not about a church but belief in the human spirit. “Richard, that spirit is why I get up each day.” For him, doctors did not understand this dimension. “Psychiatry tried to beat it out of me, to convince me this was just a symptom of my disease, a psychiatric disorder” “And that was not the whole story?” “No. Even in sickness, I see a spiritual realm that to me is... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3764185 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:09:59 +0100 3764185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1196769&cid=t_105961_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fburn-one-down.html Well, after five nights on the trot, you'd think I'd have something clever to write; or something intelligent; or thought provoking. Not really. My last few shifts have passed more or less without incident.Instead, departmental politics are once again at the fore. I have yet to hear what the Management Consultants who were prowling about have had to say. The breach targets are once again getting maximum billing. The next few months requires an extra big push. One more push, lads, and it'll all be over by Christmas!(Foundation! Foundation! Foundation! Arbeit Macht Frei!)The upshot of this appears to be that we are asked to organise referrals for our patients increasingly early. Not, and this must be emphasised, in a way as to compromise patient care however. I am becoming increasingly disil... The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1196769 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:54:00 +0100 1196769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=490873&cid=t_105961_133_f&fid=35105&url=http%3A%2F%2Fjoyofautism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Ftwo-wrights-make-big-wrong.html If you caught Larry King Live tonight, you’ll be battoning down the hatches: watch out, beware, autism is a big big scare. If you believe in fairy tales and the big bad witch, autism is going to come and take your precious sons.There is was again, a bumbling Bill Cosby stumbling over his words, “a point that was missed is that there is no eye contact,” he explained, “like they’re not even in the room.”Toni Braxton shed her tears for her five year old son, the same age as my Adam. “Autism Speaks reached out to me,” she said. “I’m so grateful that they did.” Honey, don’t you know that Autism Speaks is reaching out to every glitterati they know who has an autistic member of the family? Don’t you know that you mean big profile and bucks for them? It sounds like Toni n... The Joy of Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=490873 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:21:00 +0100 490873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=624480&cid=t_105961_88_f&fid=35612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheknifeman.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fnurse-screens.html A morally satisfying weekend educating my fellow medics, as the scramble to get MMC boxes ticked heats up.I also managed to see Ma and Pa Shroom. I was slightly concerned to hear that Pa Shroom's memory is fading. I'm sure this is, at least in part, because he's retired. When he was working, and I was a student, I was always amazed at his superior knowledge of anatomy - even for those bits he didn't cut regularly. Now Pa Shroom bemoans the loss of this knowledge, and he was telling me his short term memory is failing him too. I hope that's all it is. I couldn't bear to see him dementing...After my hapless flailing at the fairer sex on Friday, a cheeky note from a fellow Blogonaut brought light to my soul. Thanks again, even if you were humouring me.As the philosopher Springsteen once wrote... The KnifeMan blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=624480 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:59:00 +0100 624480