JoyceGraff | Powerful Patient

Courage Comes in Many Forms

Posted by JoyceGraff | Jun 9, 2011 | Caregiving, Podcast |

David and Joyce talk about the importance of thinking through how we would want the end of our own life to go, and communicating that to our loved ones, so that they are in the position of carrying out our wishes rather than making difficult decisions without our guidance.

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Developing Local Medical Resources

Posted by JoyceGraff | Jun 2, 2011 | Developing Local Medical Resources, Empowering Yourself, Podcast |

Dr. Geelhoed speaks with Joyce about lessons he has learned – how NOT to serve the poor as just “white doctors off a plane,” but instead to focus on teaching communities to develop their own internal resources and become less dependent on imported healers.

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Kidney Dialysis, Shades of Life

Posted by JoyceGraff | May 5, 2011 | Developing Local Medical Resources, Dialysis, Kidney Failure, Organ Transplant, Podcast |

A respected dialysis director and the mother of a kidney dialysis patient collaborated to produce SHADES OF LIFE, a guide for people with degenerative kidney disease who may be at risk of kidney failure.The book educates people about kidney transplantation and encourages people who can to give a kidney to someone in need.

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