"Luftmensch," literally meaning "air person," is the Yiddish way of describing someone who is a bit of a dreamer. Did You Know? The word "infant" comes from the Latin word "infans" which literally means "unable to speak; speechless." Did You Know? The word cereal comes from the Roman...
The meaning of GERIATRICIAN is a specialist in geriatrics.
This essay details one physician's struggle to find value in the lives of his nursing home residents, working against a cultural insistence that life's meaning and value depend upon one's actions and achievements. Searching for and finding meaning that transcends the accomplishments and failures ...