the whole child

Brief update: Abraham Cherrix

Elizabeth Simpson at the Virginian-Pilot has written a poignant follow-up story about Abraham Cherrix, the teenager with cancer who fought to pursue his own path of treatment last year.

Hospitals as Health Promoting?

The idea of a hospital as a health-promoting institution strikes us in the U.S. as strange. But it doesn't need to be that way, according to a terrific editorial published in Health and Hospitals Network OnLine.

Media and Medicine: The Health News Review Website

Health News Review, a wonderful resource developed by the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, tackles a problematic trend in health news reporting: PR and marketing campaigns disguised as medical news.

Spirituality and Children

I read a book to my kids tonight that caused me to think about the innate spirituality of children.

The Reluctant Family Bed

A reporter asked me this week: "What is the most common question you get from parents?" Easy answer, regardless of age: "How do I get my child to sleep through the night?"