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Page 8A - The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, October 11,2001
Phoebe Welcomes New Physician,
Opens Palliative Care Center
When a person is in pain, noth
ing matters but making the pain
go away. Palliative care refers to
the comprehensive management
of the physical, psychological,
social, spiritual and existential
needs of patients. It can be part
of the treatment of any person
with a serious or life-threatening
medical ocndition for which a
patient-centered approach, pain
and symptom control, family in
volvement and compassionate
care are needed.
Phoebe Putney announces the
arrival of Dr. Kenneth Stouten-
borough, one of only 11 certified
palliative care physicians in the
state. As of this year, there are
only 835 physicians worldwide
who are certified in the specialty
of hospice and palliative medi
cine.
Palliative care is especially
suited to the care of people with
incurable, progressive illnesses
such as cancer, lower back pain,
fibromyalgia, cystic fibrosis and
other long-term chronic illnesses.
Stoutenborough. who came to
Albany from Marquette, Michi
gan, will soon begin offering pal
liative care on a referral basis at
Phoebe's new Palliative Care
Center.
"Whenever a patient is diag
nosed with a problem, the initial
efforts are on treating the disease.
If there are symptoms, they try to
work on making them better. As
you get further into the course of
the disease and the symptoms get
more severe, there are fewer
things that can be done," said
Stoutenborough. who took the
palliative care board exam in
1997, the first time it was offered.
At the point at which the patient
has fewer doctor visits but is still
having pain, the patient is eligible
for Hospice services if they have
less than six months to live. How
ever, there is an obvious gap, said
Stoutenborough, between initial
attempts to treat the disease and
the last stages, where emphasis is
on comfort.
"That is where palliative care
comes in," he said. The palliative
care physician works in consort
with many other physicians to
coordinate a multi-disciplined
approach. "Our focus is not on
treating the disease, but rather on
helping the patient be more com
fortable." he said. "Our goal is to
give the patient's own physicians
enough information that they'll
feel comfortable treating those
patients. It will provide a service
to the patient, but also to the phy
sicians."
Among the palliative care team
members are physicians, pharma
cologists. chaplains and social
workers, if needed. Additional
team members could include psy
chologists, nutritionists, physical
therapists and others. "The idea
is to bring all of these people to
the table to look at the dynamics
of how the disease is affecting
that individual," said
Stoutenborough, who added that
the palliative care process also
includes members of the patient's
family.
The goal of palliative care is to
achieve the best possible quality
of life through relief of suffering,
control of symptoms and resto
ration of functional capacity
From Masonry, Page 4A
aware of them or not.
Studying human history, we
learn that even among the most
primitive tribes, there were ac
cepted rules of conduct, without
which no society, be it rudimen
tary in structure as it may be,
could not have existed, as a tribe
or as any other form of society.
Philosophers have had little com
parative experience in the study
of primitive morality, and anthro
pologists, preoccupied with more
concrete problems, sometimes
believed that primitive peoples
were controlled by automatic
obedience to custom, with little
need for moral choice. However,
it was become clear, that all
people have moral concepts and
rules, governing their behavior.
We can say that moral concepts
and rules are closely related to the
structure of society and morality
is therefore relative, in that the
sense that, as the ends of each
society vary, so do the standards
of right or wrong.
Freemasonry has been impelled
to make its historic demand for
liberty, of conscience, for the
freedom of intellect, and for the
right of all men to be equal be
fore God and the Law, each re
specting the rights of his fellows.
The real questions after all is not
as to the quantity of life, but its
quality, its depth, its purity, its
fortitude, and its spiritual refine
ment. Masonry insists upon the
building of character and the
practice of righteousness, upon
moral culture and spiritual vision.
From Letters, Page 4A
sary steps to prevent them.
"America now faces one of its
most difficult challenges - that
of balancing individual liberty
with the security needs of our
nation.
"While America's greatest
strength is our freedom; it is also
our greatest vulnerability in the
war against terrorism."
Leesburg, Georgia American
Legion Post 182 fully supports
President George W. Bush and
Congress on their "War on Ter
rorism" policies and actions. We
fully support the courageous
members of our Armed Forces of
the United States and pray for
their victorious and safe return
home.
We ask that all of you join us in
supporting the President and
Congress, and our troops. We
while remaining sensitive to per
sonal, cultural and religious val
ues, beliefs and practices.
The following Precepts of Pal
liative Care, developed by the
Last Acts Palliative Care Task
Force, affirm a vision of better
care at the end of life:
• Respecting patient goals, pref
erences and choices
• Comprehensive caring
• Utilizing the strengths of in
terdisciplinary resources
• Acknowledging and address
ing caregiver concerns
• Building systems and mecha
nisms of support
For more information on Dr.
Kenneth Stoutenborough and
Phoebe's Palliative Care Center,
call 312-7106.
Recently a group of mothers with special need children enjoyed an afternoon of
tea at the Sip of Grace in Leesburg. The event was organized by Amy Bacon,
one of the mothers.
Davis Family Reunion
The descendants of the late
W.J.R Davis and Odie Williams
Davis held their 32nd family re
union at Beulah Primitive Bap
tist Church on July 15,2001. Mr.
and Mrs. Davis had seven daugh
ters and four sons.
A business meeting was held by
Robert Mathis, president. The
minutes were read by Catherine
Mathis, secretary.
There were eight new births in
the family, Anna Catherine
Johnson was bom on October 29,
2001. She is the daughter of
Bryan and Tabitha Leverett, Jes
sica Gabriel Leverett, was born
on May 31.2001. Dustin Lee
Fincher was born on September
16, 2000. He is the great grand
son of Ruth Fincher and the son
of Douglas and Kristy Fincher.
James Coleman was born on
April 13, 2001, and is the grand
son of Benny Davis. Great grand
son of Nathan Raybon, Taylor
Benjamin Force, was born on
August 28, 2000. Elizabeth
Griger was born on July 25,2000.
Nichole Jacobs was born on No
vember 15, 2000. Dellie Grace
was born on April 20, 2000.
There were no recent deaths in
the family. The oldest member
was 89 years of age and that was
Beulah Kelly. The youngest
member was just six weeks old,
Jessica Leverett. One traveling
the most distance was Sarah
Perkins; she traveled 500 miles
just to see all of us. Each mem
ber recognized was presented a
small gift.
The floral arrangement was pre
urge you to fly the Flag of the
United States of America, and ask
your neighbors to do the same.
The presence of Old Glory re
minds all that we are citizens of a
great nation.
God bless America, the land of
the free, and the home of the
brave!!
Delbert E. Murray Jr.
Post 182 Historian
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