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Message We are now firmly planted in a new century - a century that offers great promise for health. Along with this promise comes a wake-up call to all health care providers. We can no longer simply rely on what has always worked in the past. The 21st century will be about embracing new ideas for the future and we must play a leadership role. People are defining health care in new ways and seeking different venues for their health care concerns. The Saint Barnabas Health Care System, the largest in New Jersey, provides the numerous options that New Jersey residents are seeking. In every aspect of medical care, from acute care and long-term care to wellness and integrative medicine, the Saint Barnabas System is embracing new ideas in this pursuit. The Saint Barnabas Health Care System is here as a resource for all of your health care needs throughout your life. We will continue to work to ensure that everybody is on board in the 21st century. Medicine is more than science. Medicine is about people. The patients treated at Saint Barnabas Medical Center are the human faces behind our medical technology. Whenever possible, Family Health Magazine brings you closer to some of these special people through feature articles that highlight the exciting medical achievements that occur each and every day at Saint Barnabas. In this issue, you will meet a cancer patient who has benefited from her participation in a clinical trial, a couple whose baby was cared for in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a woman who donated a kidney to her best friend and many other individuals with their own unique stories. One article even follows a member of the Saint Barnabas Pastoral Care Department through a day in his busy life of ministering to patients. Behind every cardiac surgery there is a beating heart; behind every cancer treatment there is the face of a mother or father, sister or brother; behind every delivery in our Maternity Center there are the arms of a parent waiting to cradle that long-awaited child. At Saint Barnabas Medical Center, our purpose is to help people. RONALD J. DEL MAURO [ top ] |
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