Publications

Patient-ing

Living In-Between Worlds

By Mark Stolow, Founding Director

Excerpt: When we define our worlds too narrowly what we don’t see is a complex world that surrounds and moves through the experience of being a patient. I will call this fuller expression the experience of patient-ing. Patient-ing holds a much larger field of possibility for us to explore. Patient-ing is much closer to a verb than a noun; a dynamic, process more than a fixed, defined object.

Human Care

How Universal Principles and Patterns Will Shape Our New Health Care Experience

By Mark Stolow, Founding Director

Excerpt: Human Care aims to create systems that can support human thriving, drawing on universal principles and patterns, with health as a fixture of our moment-to-moment experience. It is equal parts knowing – what works in easing pain – and being – what are the present moment conditions that nurture well-being and balance.