It is not length of life, but depth of life.Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  • Unity

    “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”    Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • The Lack of Palliative Care

    In many poor and middle income countries untold millions are in pain due to illnesses like cancer and are not able to receive needed relief.  A chief reason is the opioid epidemic in the US. These countries are afraid that if the opioids needed to alleviate pain were made available more freely, that they too…

  • Midwives and Racial Implications

    People who do not belong to minorities often have difficulties understanding why people of color see discrimination when they see none. Here is an example that I hope can be helpful in bridging that gap. It used to be that midwives in the US delivered all babies. During slavery they were black or Native American…

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