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01-02-2015 | Your Best Life

Your Best Life: Mindfulness – The End of Suffering

Author: John D. Kelly IV, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 2/2015

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After another demanding day on call at the hospital or seeing patients in the office, it is easy for a physician to ignore his or her loved ones at home. As a practicing orthopaedic surgeon, I understand this predicament. Our fatigue consumes us. We see others as a burden – one more demand in a day full of seemingly insurmountable expectations. …

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Title: Your Best Life: Mindfulness – The End of Suffering
Author: John D. Kelly IV, MD
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-4086-8

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