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Development of increasing appreciation of Mary's role among Church Fathers

Luther's veneration of 'Mother of God'

New Protestant interest in Mary's role in the Christian story

"Moral distress - knowing what is ethically appropriate but being unable to act on it because of obstacles inherent in a situation - was first described in 1984 in a book on nursing ethics. Subsequent researchers focused primarily on the experiences of nurses and found that those who suffered from moral distress often became reluctant to interact with patients and other providers. In one recent study, 15 percent of nurses left their jobs because of moral distress."

"Those who work in geriatric care are among the worst paid in the health care system. Is the time I spend as a surgeon excising a patient's cancer worth 10 times more than the time the primary care doctor spent finding the cancer in the first place?" Dr. Gawande, who examined the problems of medical care for the aged last year in The New Yorker, pointed out that as we grow older, "we don't get one problem at a time." "People with multiple problems need time, and that is not cheap and is currently not paid for by medical insurance," he said. "It's not possible to address five different problems in a 20-minute visit." Dr. Gawande, who examined the problems of medical care for the aged last year in The New Yorker, pointed out that as we grow older, "we don't get one problem at a time.... People with multiple problems need time, and that is not cheap and is currently not paid for by medical insurance," he said. "It's not possible to address five different problems in a 20-minute visit."

from "Experiencing Death" (Advent-&-Passion?) I had imagined being there beneath sunlight/ with the procession of martyrs/ using just the one thin bone/ to uphold a true conviction/ And yet, the heavenly void/ will not plate the sacrificed in gold/ A pack of wolves well-fed full of corpses/ celebrate in the warm noon air/ aflood with joy . . . .

"Africa is everywhere, so pervasive in our lives that we barely see it. Since it is in all likelihood the continent where human evolution began, it is literally in the bloodstream of everyone. DNA aside, huge portions of everyday life and cultural achievement are unthinkable without Africa."

Republicans attack Obama for seeing US as no more (intrinsically) exceptional than other nations, & suggesting that what is exceptional is the goals citizens strive for, not a pre-ordained status.

Left media discusses Palin more than right media, & thus helps inflate someone who holds no significant policy position (while underestimating her)

Niece defends JFK's 1960 speech to Houston ministers as better defining 1st Amdmt's meaning & application than Sarah Palin's recent critical construction.

Happiness is as much intellectual as emotional - it results from "flourishing" in one's interaction with life, not just from "feeling pleasure." It may even result from dealing directly and courageously with pain.

NYH palliativist fights for her own life to the end

Francis Collins & stem-cell research

Do Americans have a moral responsibility to people in poverty in other countries?

"Health Law, Ethics, and Human Rights" Hospitals/systems should disclose large-scale adverse events (e.g., non-sterile equip't)

David Lowry - Interim Dean of Mercer School of Theology Canon John Betit - Cathedral of Incarnation ("canon of the ordinary")

South resisted 19th Amendment into 70s & 80s (Miss. - 1984)