Cell 2 Soul: The Humane Health Care Blog

Flash Mob in Woolies SA

Janet Stursberg from Vancouver, B.C. sent us this Flash Mob tribute to Nelson Mandela by the Soweto Gospel Choir. It was held in a Woolworths store in South Africa.  In Janet's words, this is a "three hankies moment."  If, for some reason, it is not on your redar screen, please take the time to view it. Click below, or go to this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHHjP7XrBq0&feature=youtube_gdata_player ) for full screen.  Mahalo, Janet!!

The Right Care Declaration

A Message from Vikas Saini and Shannon Brownlee of the Lown Institute:

The Declaration of Principles of the Right Care Alliance.

“The Right Care Alliance is a movement of clinicians, patient advocates, community leaders, and patients who see that overtesting, overdiagnosis, and overtreatment are endemic to modern health care – they are built into the culture of modern medicine. We see overuse as the flip side of the coin of undertreatment and lack of access, and a major cause of harm to patients."

They came to “understand the power and importance of coming together, to share our concern about practices that harm patients, and our belief in the moral necessity of working together to reduce overuse”

With colleagues, Vikas and Shannon created The Declaration of Principles of the Right Care Alliance.  Please read it and consider joining this Alliance by signing this declaration.  It will demonstrate your solidarity with the movement to assure all of us compassionate, safe and appropriate care.