It Really is This Simple

"The secret of the care of the patient, is in caring for the patient."

Francis Weld Peabody 1881-1927

Peabody F: The care of the patient. JAMA 1927;88:877-882.

"The treatment of a disease may be entirely impersonal; the care of a patient must be completely personal. What is spoken of as a 'clinical picture' is not just a photograph of a man sick in bed; it is an impressionistic painting of the patient surrounded by his home, his work, his relations, his friends, his joys, sorrows, hopes and fears..."

From the Art Blog by Bob:
No other artist ever painted sickness and death quite like Edvard Munch. Munch, most famous for his iconic (and frequently stolen) 1893 painting The Scream, knew death intimately from a young age, watching siblings, family members, and friends all suffer through long illnesses against the backdrop of the cold, bleak winters of his native Norway. The Sick Child (above, 1885-1886) represents just one of his many depictions of illness.