Listening to the Whispers: Re-thinking Ethics in Healthcare

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments We gratefully acknowledge the many persons whose contributions have made the completion of this book possible. We cannot possibly list all of these special individuals but would like to specifically acknowledge the following: Nancy and John Diekelmann for their constant guidance; Steve Salemson for his knowledgeable editorial and administrative support; Susan Crocker for her careful compilation of language for the index; Our patient authors who never said, “You want me to revise this again?”; Our loyal reviewers who never said, “I don’t have time”; Our always-encouraging husbands, Christopher Dinkins and Gregory Sorrell, who never said, “How many more hours are you going to spend discussing this?”; Those who whispered their stories in the hope that we would listen; And each other, for the mentoring that goes between mother and daughter, daughter and mother, as our lives and learning overlap. xi Listening to the Whispers ...