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Date: 4 May 88 19:17:30 GMT
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From:     PEACEMAN, 625 N. SCOTT, NOLA 70119 <JAACS@UNO>

   Understand that we can't always be catering to our feelings.  It is human
to feel, angry, sad, greivious.  For professionals, it would severly limit the
ability to elp others in getting over grief and such if we had to constantly
monitor our own, and our collegues feelings. If instead, of feeling bad
when this happens, you see things as if you were the professional telling
another professional that Mr. X is going to die, not realizing the other
professional was also the wife of Mr. X.  You can see that this occurance
isn't from a lack of caring, but precisely the oposite.  It would have also
been a form of disrespect for you as a professional if you were treated as
just a wife.  There is an answer to what you seek, though.
    Professionals and non-professionals should be treated equally, as
individuals with needs, hopes, and desires.  Unfortunately, this would require
a revolution in human thinking.  As Einstien said, "Equality in voting is one
thing, but I am not going say that a moron is equal to me" or words to that
effect.  Many people don't believe the uneducated are as much of a human as
the educated, and vise versa as you pointed out.  It is only when all people
treated with equal dignity, regardless of profession, wealth, or education,
that the solution you seek will be felt, heard, and/or seen.