Medicine & Compassion: A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers

Title: Medicine & Compassion: A Tibetan Lama's Guidance for Caregivers
Author: Chokyi Nyima
G: 1705791
ISBN: 9780861715121
Publisher: Wisdom Publications
Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 192
Section: Medical | Caregiving
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Publisher Description: It is estimated that some 54 million people in the U.S. act as informal caregivers for ill or disabled loved ones. We can add to these countless workers in the fields of health and human service, and yet there is still not enough help to go around: as many as three fourths of our informal caregivers report "going it alone." It's no wonder that "caregiver burnout" and depression afflict so many.

Sure to be welcomed by caregivers of all types, the groundbreaking new Medicine and Compassion can help anyone reconnect with the true spirit of their caregiving task. In a clear and very modern voice, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and Dr. David R. Shlim use the teachings of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy to present practical tools for revitalizing the caring spirit. Readers, in turn, will find their patience, kindness, and effectiveness re-energized.

Offering practical advice on dealing with people who are angry at their medical conditions or their care providers, people who are dying, or the families of those who are critically ill, Medicine and Compassion will strike resonant cords with medical professionals, hospice workers, teachers and parents of children with special needs, and those caring for aging and infirm loved ones.