Last Sabbatical : A Midlife Journey

The views of a professor of social work about her sabbatical leave overseas as a point of transition in her academic career, and as an occasion for challenge and reflection in her life and work, are presented. She left to escape the pressures of duties, obligations, strictures, and expectations that surround a relatively successful academic career, as well as to learn new clinical social work skills and to gain in personal development. Issues concerning midlife, professional relationships, relationships between male and female clinicians, and separation from a familiar culture and personal ties are addressed. Philosophical, personal, and professional concerns are shared and illustrated by quotes from literature and philosophy. (SW)https://commons.und.edu/und-books/1106/thumbnail.jp

Reducing the environmental impact of surgery on a global scale: systematic review and co-prioritization with healthcare workers in 132 countries

Abstract Background Healthcare cannot achieve net-zero carbon without addressing operating theatres. The aim of this study was to prioritize feasible interventions to reduce the environmental impact of operating theatres. Methods This study adopted a four-phase Delphi consensus co-prioritization methodology. In phase 1, a systematic review of published interventions and global consultation of perioperative healthcare professionals were used to longlist interventions. In phase 2, iterative thematic analysis consolidated comparable interventions into a shortlist. In phase 3, the shortlist was co-prioritized based on patient and clinician views on acceptability, feasibility, and safety. In phase 4, ranked lists of interventions were presented by their relevance to high-income countries and low–middle-income countries. Results In phase 1, 43 interventions were identified, which had low uptake in practice according to 3042 professionals globally. In phase 2, a shortlist of 15 intervention domains was generated. In phase 3, interventions were deemed acceptable for more than 90 per cent of patients except for reducing general anaesthesia (84 per cent) and re-sterilization of ‘single-use’ consumables (86 per cent). In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for high-income countries were: introducing recycling; reducing use of anaesthetic gases; and appropriate clinical waste processing. In phase 4, the top three shortlisted interventions for low–middle-income countries were: introducing reusable surgical devices; reducing use of consumables; and reducing the use of general anaesthesia. Conclusion This is a step toward environmentally sustainable operating environments with actionable interventions applicable to both high– and low–middle–income countries

AHC interview with Sophie Freud.

January 17, 20170:00:14-0:03:41, 1:13:17-1:17:18 - Childhood, school years and parental home in Vienna0:03:42-0:11:28 - Paris and French school system0:11:29-0:19:14 - Armistice agreement and German invasion of France / escape to Nice0:19:15-0:21:51 - Maternal grandmother Ida (née Schramek) Drucker0:21:54-0:32:10, 2:04:55-2:10:43 – Nice and Casablanca / graduating0:32:12-0:35:09 – Immigration to America0:35:10-0:39:06 – Bernays family and Sigmund Freud’s murdered sisters0:39:11-0:46:29 – Studying and working in Cambridge (Radcliffe College) / marriage0:46:32-0:54:52 – Family life, professional career, earning a PhD at Brandeis University0:54:54-0:58:48 – Children0:58:51-1:07:14 – Sabbaticals in England, Canada and Austria1:07:16-1:08:08 – Divorce1:08:22-1:13:04 – Teaching at Simmons College and Brandeis Lifelong Learning1:17:47-1:20:16 – Religious education, Schwarzwaldschule1:20:22-1:22:34 – Role of religion in the family1:22:38-1:24:57 – Parents: Martin and Ernestine (née Drucker) Freud1:24:59-1:30:38 – Amalia Schober (‘Fräulein’)1:30:41-1:37:55 – Family life / grandfather Sigmund Freud1:38:01-1:41:03 – Maternal family / mother Ernestine (née Drucker) Freud1:41:44-1:44:08 – Role of politics in the family1:44:57-1:50:22 – “Anschluss” and aftermath1:55:35-1:57:55 – Contact with family members after having left Vienna2:00:18-2:04:00 – Relationship with mother Ernestine (née Drucker) Freud2:14:57-2:18:16 – New York and Cambridge2:18:50-2:21:10 – Criticizing Sigmund Freud’s theories2:21:14-2:23:05 – Effect of Sigmund Freud’s popularity on Sophie Freud’s life2:23:08-2:26:28 – End of the war / deportations from Nice2:26:34-2:36:04 – Visits to and thoughts on Austria2:36:08-2:40:09 – Brother Walter Freud2:40:13-2:43:21 – Father Martin Freud2:43:26-2:52:27 – Working on a book about her mother, “Living in the shadow of the Freud family”2:54:35-2:56:32 – Political situation in the United States and in Austria today.Sophie Freud was born on August 6, 1924 in Vienna, Austria. Her father Martin Freud (the oldest son of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud) was a lawyer, her mother Ernestine (née Drucker) Freud was a speech therapist. Sophie grew up in Vienna’s First District with her parents, her brother Walter, a cook and the maid Amalia Schober, whom she called “Fräulein”. Her maternal grandparents Ida (née Schramek) and Leopold Drucker lived in the same building. The home of Sigmund Freud and his wife Martha Freud was very close, and Sophie went there each Sunday for a short visit with her maid. Sophie was educated at the Schwarzwald-school.Shortly after the “Anschluss”, Sophie and her mother emigrated to Paris, to be with her mother’s two sisters, Lily (née Drucker) Boyko and Janne (née Drucker) Zittau. Sophie’s father and brother emigrated to England, like the majority of Sophie’s paternal family, and thus her family split up. In Paris Sophie went to Lycée Jean de La Fontaine until she and her mother had to escape on bicycles to Nice due to the German occupation of Paris in June 1940. They arrived in Nice in September 1940 and Sophie continued high school there before she and her mother left for Casablanca in January 1942, where she graduated from high school. In October of 1942 they went via Tangiers to Lisbon and eventually took a ship to Baltimore in November 1942.After living in New York for a few months, Sophie went to Cambridge, MA to study Psychology at Harvard’s Radcliffe College. Subsequently she earned a master’s degree from Simmons School of Social work and eventually a PhD from Brandeis University. She worked as a social worker, married Paul Löwenstein (whom she divorced in the mid-1980s) and had three children. She took two sabbaticals, one of them in Vienna, Austria in 1988 and became professor of social work at Simmons College after her return. In 2018 she continued teaching at the Institute for Lifelong Learning at Brandeis University