Through the valley of shadows
Hola a todos, mis queridos amigos.It´s really a pleasure for me introduce a book that for sure we will give much to talk about: Through the Valley of Shadows Living Wills, Intensive Care, and Making [...]
Worldwide survey on the ABCDEF bundle update
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. A few weeks ago we wanted to ask your help in a worldwide survey about the ABCDEF bundle. The ABCDEF bundle has been proposed to reduce these conditions and improve patient [...]
Well-known kisses, by Txema Navarro
You open your eyes. Today your body doesn´t respond you as always. You arms weigh and your throat hurts. It´s difficult to keep your eyelids up. Noises are not as daily, or odors. Even your [...]
About a heart attack. By Félix Martín
Yes. An attack in the heart of everyone, which unites us in an identity in VALUES, which represents us as citizens of an essential UNION. An attack in our heart in Brussels. Contemplate with me [...]
Waiting room or living room? By Mónica Ferrero
We do not realize, but space influences our perception of situations and our responses. In a nice space we feel better, we feel "good" and face better what happens to us. Honestly, I had not [...]
Personal growth, by Cristina Herrera
A few days ago I attended a workshop of Personal growth for chronically ill patients by the psychologist Rocío Rivero López at Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío in Seville. The workshop was very dynamic and [...]
2º National Hospital Optimista Awards, don´t miss it!
Hola a tod@s, mis queridos amigos.Next April 28th, the 2º National Hospital Optimista Awards will be held in the great amphitheatre of the College of Physicians of Madrid. As you know, this is an initiative [...]
The cost of technology in the professional-patient relationship, by Olga Rubio
It´s said that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is a painting of a girl made after being admitted in an ICU and was published in JAMA in 2012. In it, we can [...]
I was there, by Félix Martín
Paloma and Maria Jose, Maria Jose and Paloma. I have met Paloma today. Maria Jose, 20 years ago. Paloma was admitted in to the ICU four years ago, as Maria Jose. Paloma, because of an [...]
AVANZAMOS: The Caring of Invisible
Hola a tod@s, my dear friends. We are sharing today a recently published article (only available in Spanish) in the journal of Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios. You can also access here the digital version. [...]