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Butterfly AroseEpisode 16 Going Deeper Into Person and Family Centered CareIn Episode 14 of Butterfly Arose, I gave a surface introduction to what is called Person and Family Centered Care, or PFCC. In this episode I am going to go into more depth on this. I have been both a volunteer and an employee in PFCC programs, and I think I can provide a valuable perspective on it starting from those experiences. Get full access to WW II Baby Substack at wwiibaby.substack.com/subscribe2025-04-2817 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 15 Medical System Complexity from Professionals ViewpointIn the last two episodes of Butterfly Arose we looked at our medical system's gifts and challenges from the patient point of view. But this system is, indeed, complex. To gain a better understanding of it, we need to get a sense of what it looks like from the point of view of nurses, doctors and other practitioners.For this episode I draw from five books written by four people. They are:Finding Joy in Medicine by Reza Manesh, MD, in which he relates both the story of how he became a doctor and teacher...2025-03-2625 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 14 The Patient Perspective in Health Care Part 2In the last episode I talked about the experiences of four people; three who are living after treatment for cancer, and one who recovered from debilitating symptoms that were at first misdiagnosed as dementia. All four stories raised important questions about the role of patients in their own recovery from medical issues. We began to look at what patients are saying they need from themselves, and from the medical system for everyone to receive high quality care.In this episode I will begin from the book The Patient Experience, by Brian Boyle. One month after graduating from...2025-02-0526 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 13 Patient Perspectives in Health Care Part IJust a note to listeners of my podcast. I recently figured out how to make both my audio and written versions easy to find in the same place. All links to books, articles and videos that I reference can now be found directly in the written versions of my podcasts rather than in a separate section as before. Click on the Bolded words in the transcript to follow those links.In the last two episodes I asked you to think about the complex world of health care from the perspective of doctors and health care systems trying...2025-01-1224 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 12 Taking the Complex World of Medicine Seriously Part IIThis episode of Butterfly Arose continues learning from Doctor Danielle Ofri in her book When We Do Harm, A Doctor Confronts Medical Error. Where the last episode looked at procedural errors, this one looks at cognitive errors, the harm they can cause and what, if anything, can be done about them.You can find When We Do Harm by Danielle Ofri, MD HERE.Healthline article on multiple myeloma can be found HERE.Another article on multiple myeloma from the Cleveland Clinic can be found HERE.Types and origins of diagnostic errors...2024-10-2221 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 11 Taking the Complex World of Medicine Seriously Part 1You can find When We Do Harm by Danielle Ofri, MD HERE.Different, Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist by Frans de Waal can be found HERE.T. A. Brennan, Incidence of Adverse Events and Negligence in Hospitalized Patients—Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study 1 can be found here.To Err Is Human, published by the Institutes of Medicine, can be found HERE.An explanation of First In, First Out from the Lean Enterprises Institute can be found HERE Get full access to WW II Baby Su...2024-09-2428 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 10 The Challenges of Taking Action in A Complicated World Part 3As Nature Made Him; The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl book by John Colapinto can be found HERE.The Man Who Invented Gender, Engaging the Ideas of John Money by Terry Goldie can be found HERE.You can find Nobody Needs to Know, A Memoir, by Pidgeon Pagonis HERE.LA Times article on Dr. Money can be found HERE.A long Salon article on Dr. Money can be found HERE.You can find Terry Goldie’s academic profile HERE.The Intersex Society of North America or...2024-08-1822 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 9 The Challenge of Taking Action in a Complex World Part 2Wikipedia article on the term tomboy can be found HERE.As Nature Made Him; The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl book by John Colapinto can be found HERE.Pacific Center for Sex and Society has a list of articles by Dr. Milton Diamond. It can be found HERE.The History of Clinical Psychology in Autobiography Volume II edited by C. Eugene Walker can be found HERE.The Man Who Invented Gender, Engaging the Ideas of John Money by Terry Goldie can be found HERE. Get full...2024-07-2412 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 8 The Case of David Reimer; The Challenge of Taking Action in a Complicated World Part 1In this episode I talk about the case of a person whose life got caught up in a confluence of medical mistakes and errors that took place in a cultural space where sex and gender are surrounded by outdated belief systems.As Nature Made Him; The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl book by John Colapinto can be found HERE.A National Library of Medicine article on Phimosis can be found HERE.Fixing Sex by Katrina Karkazis can be found Here.NIH National Library of Medicine article on phimosis can...2024-06-1923 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 7 On Intersex Part 2You can find the book Fixing Sex by Katrina Karkazis HERE. Get full access to WW II Baby Substack at wwiibaby.substack.com/subscribe2024-04-1321 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 5 How Beliefs can Affect Transgender People from One Transwoman’s Experiences Get full access to WW II Baby Substack at wwiibaby.substack.com/subscribe2024-03-0621 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 6 On Intersex Part 1You can find the book Nobody Needs to Know, A Memoir by Pidgeon Pagonis HERE. Get full access to WW II Baby Substack at wwiibaby.substack.com/subscribe2024-02-2712 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 4 On Sex and SexualityIn this episode I talk about Frans de Waals research into sex and sexuality among nonhuman animals to help us understand ourselves. Get full access to WW II Baby Substack at wwiibaby.substack.com/subscribe2023-10-1515 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 3 More on Gender and Sex from the book by Frans de WaalIn this episode I continue talking about what I am learning from the book Different, Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist, by Frans de Waal. It includes thoughts on how we sometimes don't see what is alive in the real world and how that can create errors in our thoeries or beiefs. I also talk aboout a female chmpanzee, Donna, whose life transgresses dualistic ideas about sex and gender. Get full access to WW II Baby Substack at wwiibaby.substack.com/subscribe2023-09-1017 min
Butterfly AroseEpisode 2 Thoughts on Biology and CultureThe first of a series of episodes on biology and gender. Where does our gender identity come from and what is it? Get full access to WW II Baby Substack at wwiibaby.substack.com/subscribe2023-08-1411 min
Butterfly AroseButterfly AroseTo hold myself accountable to live up to my values on my other podcast Sacred Gyre, and to provide a place to express my personal beliefs and learnings in a way that lives up to thosee values I have started Butterfly Arose. Get full access to WW II Baby Substack at wwiibaby.substack.com/subscribe2023-07-1508 min