LAOP 2023 · No. 05
Rebekah Marsh; Dr. Joe Alvarnas; Cindy Finch
For many people, a cure is not possible, but for every person, whether curable or those for whom a cure is not possible, what is always possible is a restoration to wholeness.
Dr. Joe Alvarnas
Rebekah Marsh was a nurse educator trained for Ebola-level pathogens when the pandemic hit, and she had to teach her nurses to reuse masks she could not call safe. Dr. Joe Alvarnas, 27 years into his work at City of Hope, argued that a cure is not always possible but restoring a patient to wholeness always is. Cindy Finch, a resilience therapist, survived lymphoma with three young children at home and called resilience a team sport.
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