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Article: Stigma: subtle poison with underestimated potency.(From the Editor)(Editorial)
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- Pediatric Nursing
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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In a moving tribute to his father's legacy, Congressman Patrick Kennedy spoke eloquently at the funeral Mass about ,Edward Kennedy's lifetime of public service to improve health care for all Americans. With poignant reflection, the late Senator's son described his own childhood with asthma as the painful struggle of headaches related to the medication, but as reaping the reward on family vacations of ensuring that his dad was his hotel roommate, "holding a cold wet towel to his head" until he fell asleep. "Having asthma was like hitting the jackpot for a child who craved for his father's attention" (Rep. Kennedy Speaks at Funeral, 2009).
Without question, Senator ...