{"id":650,"date":"2017-09-21T13:27:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottishmedicalhumanities.org\/human\/?p=650"},"modified":"2020-02-18T10:05:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T10:05:57","slug":"the-last-1000-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottishmedicalhumanities.org\/human\/the-last-1000-days\/","title":{"rendered":"The last 1000 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The last 1000 days, Molly Case<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Last 1000 Days\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HynytVepxZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Commentary<\/h3>\n<p>As we slowly make the shift to practise realistic medicine, where &#8220;patients are at the centre of decision making&#8221;, it&#8217;s more important now to understand what&#8217;s truly important to those who are at the receiving end of medical care.<\/p>\n<p>The poem\u00a0<em>The last 1000 days\u00a0<\/em>is written in a language that speaks to both patients and healthcare professionals, in different ways. Written from the perspective of a fictional elderly patient, Molly Case beautifully expresses the internal musings of a hospital bound patient, what&#8217;s important to her, how valuable the last 1000 days become and how she wishes to spend them.<\/p>\n<p>The video was filmed based on the poem T<em>he last 1000 days<\/em> written by Molly Case-\u00a0a nurse, writer and spoken word artist.\u00a0Molly &#8220;hopes to get poetry into more hospitals by setting up a team of volunteer poets to provide bedside workshops bringing the immediacy of poetic creativity to those who may not have thought about writing before&#8221; (from Molly Case&#8217;s bio).<\/p>\n<h3>More info<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mollycasespeaks.com\/#index-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Molly Case<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Her official website including her bio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nursingtimes.net\/news\/news-topics\/innovation\/nurses-poem-highlights-value-of-time-to-older-patients\/7016504.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The last 1000 days<\/a> &#8211; Her poem in words<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XOCda6OiYpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nursing the Nation,<\/a> another poem written by Molly Case performed at RCN congress<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.last1000days.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TODAY<\/a>, a model for change based on a similar title with a similar concept that patient&#8217;s time is the most valuable currency<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.gov.scot\/news\/realising-realistic-medicine\/\">Realistic medicine<\/a> &#8211; Goes hand-in-hand with the poem&#8217;s message to its readers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Contributed by<\/h3>\n<p>Lekaashree Rambabu<\/p>\n<h3>Rate this post<\/h3>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>More like this<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last 1000 days, Molly Case Commentary As we slowly make the shift to practise realistic medicine, where &#8220;patients are at the centre of decision making&#8221;, it&#8217;s more important now to understand what&#8217;s truly important to those who are at the receiving end of medical care. 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