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We call for a healthcare system that provides
caregivers, professional and family,
and care receivers the opportunity to realize
their full selves, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
That emphasizes health and healing,
and that honors the health of the community.
We seek a system that promotes compassionate care,
respects the dignity of those who give and receive care
and promotes love and forgiveness
through relationship-centered care.
We are bold enough to say that we want a healthcare system
that is spiritual--even awe-inspiring.
A health care system that will transform the hearts
of those who give, receive, teach, and learn care,
the culture of care and the language of care.
A system that will be other-regarding,
moving toward justice by encouraging practitioners to work
as a team to deliver service grounded in benevolence and altruism.
A system that encourages self-compassion
and self care, which says to a practitioner
"You don't have to take it all on yourself."
A system that strives for equity,
removing barriers due to finances, culture, and individual status.
We invite all healthcare givers to join us
in this call to the world to create
more compassionate and more holistic healthcare systems.