Germany's hospice guidelines

German Surgical Society at its annual meeting recently published draft guidelines for medical care dying patients. It is the first time limit and under certain circumstances in the treatment of medical care as an integral part of, and that, for some patients, the treatment is not only a reasonable limit, but also necessary.
The draft requirements of the general public should be formulated. In view of the Netherlands have legalized active euthanasia in Germany on this issue need to indicate their position. Last year, the German Federal Court to one case of coma patients discontinued treatment for a legitimate act (because there is sufficient evidence that she had no hope of resuscitation).
The guidelines stress that the decision to suspend the treatment can not have economic motives. Reduce health care costs society the right decision, not just a doctor thing. Limited treatment decisions should be the main follow the wishes of the patient. Family members can make recommendations, but one can have arbitrarily decided. According to the criteria in critically ill patients take the initiative to support the practice of euthanasia or suicide is still regarded as immoral behavior.
At present, the German medical community is on the revision of these guidelines. German Federal Medical Board is expected to introduce similar guidelines later this year.

Flower of life

Such a story: A company manager, in a car accident, unfortunately knocked into vegetables. Since the manager is very concerned about his former subordinates, popularity quite good, I got to the hospital to see him coming, and have tried every means to save his life. According to doctors that the only way is to as normal, talk to him every day, be possible to wake it up. After hearing the news staff, have spontaneously turns waiting in the disease, before calling over and over a thousand million times the manager's name, the company told him what happened ... ... Gradually, the miracle occurred: the patient's eye with vitality face expression appeared after one year can escape hell and about again. Another six months, the manager finally back on the job, his company also joined hands in the glow for a more vigorous.
This story reminds me of the Friends of the famous home of French Philosophy: We all have a lot of sympathy, a lot of love, than the need to sustain us much more, we should spread it to others, this is the flower of life .

American Rehabilitation Hospital Humor

Can you imagine the following situations occur in hospitals it? Retaining their white coat wearing, the top two oversized pockets, filled with fake nose, bubble bottles, toys; restaurant Birkas playing video than the other well-known comedian, on the menu " smile every day, "Little Humor; come to visit patients in the children wearing clown make people laugh installed; in the piece called" laughter highway "corridor, there is a life-sized" Monroe cover skirt " stills; protect the long-wearing toy spray gun valiantly to appear in front of patients.
Oklahoma City in the United States "Humor Rehabilitation Medical Center," these people have too many things funny, interesting is the "humor Rehabilitation Medical Center," the English abbreviation "MIRTH" just is "laughter" means. Humor rehabilitation hospital has 20 wards opened. The hospital to a recent survey, over 95% of patients said they felt better than into the pre-hospital.
Humor Rehabilitation Medical Center to encourage patients to think what to wear what to wear, but also to encourage the patient into the meal together in the same restaurant. Christmas is approaching, Medical Center organized a patient making balloon race, but also so that they together received recalled their best Christmas present scenario. Medical Center also regularly organize events and folding paper airplanes "water gun" game, the most interesting is the wheelchair competition, participants hospital staff, when the sound of gunfire start of the race, competitors cross the finish line immediately driving wheelchair while patients in the track next to the eggs thrown to them. As the game a very lively atmosphere, many patients who threw eggs at once forgot his own pain.
Of course, humor Rehabilitation Medical Center is not aware of universal humor, and only with other advanced medical treatment in order to shorten a patient's recovery time.