Category Archives: Healthcare

Disabled Young Man is a Citizen Star

Written by . Posted on 30 Aug ’12. Filed under Athletics, Business, Community, Constructivism, Disability, Healthcare, Politics & Elections. Tagged , , . 2 Comments.

Also published at Minnesota Public Radio. © 2012 Andrea Morisette Grazzini David is a crooked young man, maybe 30. He wears a helmet and clearly he has some sort of neurological damage. His speech is limited, and comes with difficulty; his reactions are slow and […]

The Radical Humanity of Citizen Professionalism

Written by . Posted on 11 Mar ’12. Filed under Academic & Research, Citizens, Community, Constructivism, Healthcare, Professional, Social Innovation. 11 Comments.

  Also published in AOL’s The Patch. By Andrea Morisette Grazzini Betty GreenCrow has a presence so striking it’s hard to miss.  Balanced measures of wisdom and curiosity, connection and boundary seem to emanate from people like her.  Emerging unbidden from somewhere integral—their soul, perhaps. Whatever […]

Heart Doc’s Healthcare Solution: Human Connection

Written by . Posted on 3 Jan ’11. Filed under Academic & Research, Healthcare, Human Rights, Politics & Elections, Professional, Social Innovation. No comments.

Robert Frantz MD is one of the most respected cardiologists in the world. In his travels around the globe and his own life and work this past year, he see reasons for despair. But this physician, a caregiver by heart and in work, is also quite clear — miracles are very much possible. Here Dr. Frantz shares his very personal and moving reflections on a critical cure–hope found in unlikely places and people. Excerpts from his stunning New Years letter, below.