Wim Beurskens
Column Beurskens: heksen
Column van Wim Beurskens over heksen, waarom er moet worden gelachen in de Rooms-Katholieke kerk en over het kwaad en de humor.
Column Beurskens: Media
Sometimes I have late office hours. Those are for people who work during the day and I myself like to work irregularly, one day more, one day less. So it happens that Jet walks in unannounced and asks for some medicine for her bones. She heard about it an
Column Beurskens: Media
Column over de macht van de media en de waarde van informatie, waarom wij in Nederland voorop lopen met euthanasie en de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Column Beurskens: Pilgrims
Once I had a patient who had breast cancer from her fortieth year on. Already after the first operations spreading of the disease occurred. Those were the signs she wouldn’t get old. She saw that herself and she stood for the decision whether to tak
Column Beurskens: Pelgrims
Column over twee pelgrims, een moslim die de Hadj naar Mekka maakt en een patiënte met borstkanker die een pelgrimstocht naar Lourdes maakt.
Column Beurskens: Christmas at Greccio
The interior design of a house is a form of behavior which reveals secrets. How people decorate their house at Christmas time tells a lot about them.
Column Beurskens: Het kerstfeest te Greccio
Column over de rationele versus de betoverde wereld met als voorbeeld het kerstfeest te Greccio van Fanciscus van Assisi.
Column Beurskens: Joy
The old convent sister Laetitia comes in to ask whether she can go to her family again this summer. She still loves life and she looks forward to the trip, but being 93 years of age there are doubts whether she is still fit enough to travel. I play a role in the fight with…
Column Beurskens: Do something unhealthy for a change
Thoughts about health seem to surpass thoughts about purpose in live. That is the reversal one often sees in our times. Health is a purpose on its own, not just only a means.
Column Beurskens: Dieting and fasting
One of my obese patients hops into my office once again. ‘I heard that there are new slimming pills!’ She is of the -what one of my old teachers irreverently called- teacosy-model. Every half year she comes with new ideas to diet, because every half year