This in-depth examination of how to educate professionals for the future identifies the social and political forces that will affect the roles of professionals and change the definitions of professional skill. It shows how educating professionals for the twenty-first century will ultimately require stronger bonds between educational systems and our systems of practice--including more accurate measures of competence and a more integrated system of continuing professional education.

From losing her body to illness to having a broken heart, this collection of poetry is a reminder that we all connect somehow in this journey. The words bind us together. The emotions we all feel whether we live similar lives or not. They all resonate with one another. This collection is about universal emotions we go through, pain, love, faith, heartbreak. It's about the words you may need to hear when you're hurting. A collection that recognizes you are not alone with your emotions and that someone is out there in this world who wants you to know that. There is a poem for your pain; physical and emotional. You will get through it. There is hope. There is always hope.

What if your suffering could be seen, truly seen, and turned into something beautiful? The Living Affliction is a visceral, poetic reckoning with pain, where every fracture reveals a flicker of strength.