Works of Love Newsletter
Stephen G. Post
The Circle of Change
Dear Friends:
The Circle of Change by Dr. Jeffrey Trilling is a fabulous study of compassionate love in the physician-patient relationship. Jeff is a former chair of Family Medicine at the Stony Brook University Renaissance School of Medicine. We teach a well enrolled course entitled "Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and the Illness Experience." The book is endorsed by the like of Ron Epstein MD and Jack Coulehan MD, real stars of the medical humanities.
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Please take a look at the cover material and if you are at all engaged with health areas, you might wish to pick up a copy.
I am very excited by this masterpiece, built on more than 50 years of clinical experience.
About the Book
The Circle of Change argues that there is important hidden knowledge to explain patient conflict, impasse, resistance to plan of care and lifestyle changes beyond technology's reach that can only be gained through trust and rapport - and asking the right questions. While physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others are trained to take inventory of the body's biological systems, practitioners often lack the skill set to ask the right questions to explore personal, family, and cultural systems. And therein lies the pedagogic vacuum to be filled. It is this text's purpose to introduce a systems-based problem-solving approach, The Circle of Change, as map and compass for harvesting and processing patients' narratives to uncover meaning and care for the illness.
About the Author
Dr. Jeffrey Trilling graduated from New York Medical College and completed Board Certification in Family Medicine with added qualification in Geriatrics. For 18 years he was Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at Stony Brook's School of Medicine, Family Medicine Chief of Staff at Stony Brook University Hospital, and President of Stony Brook Primary Care. He is on the academic faculty in the Department of Family, Population & Preventive Medicine's Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care & Bioethics at Stony Brook Medicine. Dr. Trilling was past President of the Alaska Academy of Family Medicine and has practiced medicine for 44 years in both academics and the private sector. He has been an ad hoc reviewer for national medical journals, additionally serving as Series Editor for the International Journal of Family Practice. Dr. Trilling has multiple peer-reviewed publications and presentations both nationally and internationally.
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Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People Interview
NPR interview on Dignity for Deeply Forgetful People, best ever, thanks to a terrific host Gianna Volpe. She may be the most naturally gifted interviewer I have encountered over the years. The book is getting rave reviews.
Stephen G. Post, PhD, Founder and President (2001-current)
The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love
unlimitedloveinstitute.org
stephengpost.com
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