Hope
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Introduction
You must give birth to your images.
They are the future waiting to be born.
Fear not the strangeness you feel.
The future must enter you
long before it happens.
Just wait for the birth,
for the hour of clarity.
Rainer Maria Rilke
homeostasis of hope
according to this one guy, Hans
hope = (life value) x (time left on earth)
- as (perceived) time decreases, so too does hope
- faith leads to time increasing to eternity
The Hope Foundation of Alberta (www.ualberta.ca/hope)
- offers hope-focused counseling
- theoretical and experiential combination
What do we do in health care that causes hopelessness?
- alien effect
- skidding effect
Hope is in part a function of our peer scaffolding
Hope in Health Care Providers
How do you care for someone you don't hope for?
What do HCPs think about hope for themselves? What do units think about hope?
Resources and References
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