physician mission the least of Jesus' siblings
Albert Schweitzer, MD,PhD
It is possible to combine the practice of medicine with other callings and vocations, e.g., the desire to share music/art, joy, beliefs about God, legal rights, social justice, public health, education, and other things that people find meaning in (as described elsewhere on the pages listed for the Great Conversation).
This man did nearly all of them, and he did so while serving in a place where no one else could offer the medical care he offered.
Will you apply it to your patients? How?
In what ways can you identify and meet the most basic level(s) of Maslow's hierarchy for your patient that no one else is meeting?
What will determine how generous you are to your patients?
Will you work with others in serving people who can't afford healthcare services?
How much peace can you spread by doing so?
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Schweitzer, MDList Item 1
Nobel peace price winner Dr. Albert Schweitzer served people in Africa who previously had no hospital to go to.
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Médecins Sans FrontièresList Item 2
Nobel peace prize winners serving people who would otherwise have no modern Western medical care
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Bojaxhiu, MCList Item 3
Nobel peace prize winner Anjezë Bojaxhiu, who started the Missionaries of Charity, vowed to serve and started a movement to serve "the poorest of the poor," often providing palliative care to people 'actively' dying.