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Medicine and compassion, a Tibetan lama and an American doctor on how to provide care with compassion and wisdom, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and David R. Shlim, M.D. ; Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang ; Foreword by Harvey Fineberg and Donald Fineberg

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Medicine and compassion

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and David R. Shlim, M.D. ; Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang ; Foreword by Harvey Fineberg and Donald Fineberg

a Tibetan lama and an American doctor on how to provide care with compassion and wisdom

Human Nature -- The Causes of Suffering -- What Patients Are Looking For -- Combining Wisdom and Compassion -- Impermanence, the Body, and the Senses -- Dualistic Thinking and Why It Is Important -- Conceptual and Nonconceptual Compassion -- Training. What Does It Mean to Be a Spiritual Practitioner? -- Developing a Compassionate Attitude -- The Key to Compassion -- Learning to Meditate -- Learning to Monitor Our Mental State -- The Qualities of an Authentic Teacher -- Examples of Enlightened Resolve -- The Need for a Teacher -- Different Kinds of Teachers -- Cultivating a Calm Mind -- Practical advice. The Best Possible Care -- Coping with Difficult Patients and Situations -- Easing the Process of Dying -- The True Meaning of Death with Dignity -- Tibetan Medicine