Sentences with phrase «painful decisions about»

From early, bizarre attempts at resuscitation to disturbing lab experiments and painful decisions about removing a loved one's ventilator, Casarett covers the gamut of technological advances and their consequences.

That long - overdue change of mind - set is especially critical now, when all levels of government are short of cash and facing painful decisions about where and how to cut spending.

Not exact matches

Faced with dwindling numbers and an ageing infrastructure, especially in the traditionally strong Catholic bastions of the nation's largest cities, painful decisions must be made about how best to continue the mission of proclaiming the Gospel in a dramatically different cultural setting.

But I saw that the dropping of the subplot was the point: This decision had become painful for the church, so they all shut up about it.

Granted, there will still be many divorces brought about by the flawed decisions of individuals, giving witness to the continuing ingenuity of human sin, and creating a painful legacy of injury and evil.

It's about making decisions that may be personally painful, but that's leadership.

Following the Garner decision, de Blasio said he and his wife, Chirlane, have had to have painful conversations with their teenage son, Dante, about «how to take special care with any encounter he may have with police officers.»

Painful and unpopular decisions to curb the deficit must be taken immediately; Trident renewal must be given the green light to wipe out any doubt about Britain's determination to defend itself; the planned jobs tax must be scrapped now; a cap on immigration is urgently needed; and the schools revolution can not come too soon.

Willingly overlooking the science amounts to a fundamental failure of water management, leading water experts say, one that is leading to decisions about how to use it that will deepen and prolong the drought's painful effects.

They asked subjects to make a series of decisions about how many moderately painful electric shocks to deliver to themselves or to others.

Although the wait is painful at times, this allows me to see if a treatment trend has helped several people before making a decision about whether it's something I want to pursue for my healing.

Decisions about how much to focus on this child versus that child should be painful enough that we don't make them cavalierly.

Tell us about a challenging situation that could have resulted in a bad outcome, but because you persisted — and perhaps made tough decisions, the now painful memory serves as a great lesson?

And because I get asked about euthanasia for behavioral issues ALL the time, here are some wonderful, non-judgmental, realistic resources to help with that brutally painful and individual decision (really folks, we need to do a better job of openly talking about this too.

«I specialize in developing strategies for solving problems with communication, decisions about divorce, sexual difficulties, and other painful issues couples experience in their relationship.

I find that couples often think the only option to a painful marriage is divorce — and they make that decision from a place of emotion and fantasy, without clarity about the financial and emotional realities.