Tag: University of Alabama

• The gift of accompaniment

  I remember it from my medical practice; I remember it from dealing with friends with incurable illness: the feeling of helplessness in commiseration. The recognition that my often naïve suggestions, intended to help, were not what was required, nor even wanted, for that matter. Sometimes there are no solutions; sometimes presence –listening- in itself is […]

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  August 11, 2021

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  accompaniment, Aeon.co, companionship, compassion, empathy, gerontology ward, medical students, Nicholaos Jones, University of Alabama