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Finding Hope and Compassion

Inspiration for Doctors, Nurses, and Other Caregivers Coping with Illness, Disability, or Suffering

editing by

William P. Beetham, Jr., M.D., Retired
Ellen B. Ceppetelli, R.N., M.S., C.N.L.
Carolyn B. Charron, B.S.N., R.N., O.C.N.
Joseph F. O’Donnell, M.D.

Through inspiring poems, essays, and stories from patients, doctors, and caregivers, Finding Hope and Compassion: Inspiration for Doctos, Nurses, and Other Caregivers portrays the strength and courage of people facing adversity as well as the heart of those who care.

edited by:

William P. Beetham, Jr., M.D., Retired
Formerly on Staff of Lahey Clinic and
New England Deaconess Hospital, and
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Ellen B. Ceppetelli, R.N., M.S., C.N.L.
Director Nursing Education
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Carolyn B. Charron, B.S.N., R.N., O.C.N.
Oncology Nurse, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Former Hospice Nurse, V.N.A. Care, Cambridge, MA

Joseph F. O’Donnell, M.D.
Senior Advising Dean, Director of Community Programs and
Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
Former Chief of Oncology, White River Junction V.A. Hospital

Reader Reviews and Comments

"Celebrate with them the values we cherish: courage, compassion, valor, ad patience. You will learn that chronic illness is not necessarily hopeless illness."

– C. Everett Koop, MD, ScD
Former Surgeon General of the United States

"They provide a truly inspiring perspective on this fleeting journey we call our life."

– Robert Moellering, Jr., MD
Former Physician-in-Chief Department of Medicine,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Shields Warren-Mallinckrodt
Professor of Medical Research, Harvard Medical School

"The offerings in this book give evidence that we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses on our journeys, others who have passed the way that we now travel, and who have left words of encouragement and vissions of hope to nourish us along the way. We are not alone."

– Reverend J. Patrick McCoy
Department of Chaplaincy,
Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center