What most people remember from a hospital stay is how they are treated by the nursing staff. Nurses are the glue that keeps everything coordinated in almost every healthcare setting, and yet in too many instances they are taken for granted. That’s a principal finding of recent survey conducted by the Princeton, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. read more

Sometime, somehow, we as a society lost our grace. Basic manners, proper dress, etiquette, respect for others, empathy—all have been sacrificed in our society in the name of individual expression. You could point to any number of causes for this. It may be traced to the 1960s. During the protests against the Vietnam War and other governmental actions, people seemed to lose respect for every institution. The Me Generation venerated self-exploration and self-interest. The baby boomers, resentful of their parents’ rules and a perceived lack of nurturing, treated their children as if they were royalty, whose every whim is to be indulged. We see the results of that particular experiment all around us. Finally, the rise of personal technology has turned everyone ever further inward. read more