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New Life of e-Patient Dave
http://PatientDave.blogspot.com
A patient's blog supporting the movement of patients being responsible partners with thier physicians, empowered by the Internet and email, based on his own experience beating a lethal cancer and what he's learned since then.
- Added on: Feb 12th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: e-Patient Dave
- Listed in: Health
- Tags: Cancer health care healthcare patient empowerment e-patient patient communities
Recent Posts
Meeting Dr. Amy Ship - "There\'s no billing code for compassion"
Today I met Dr. Amy Ship, a primary care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who was the recipient last month of the Compassionate Caregiver Award from the Kenneth B. Schwarz Center.What a wonderful person. She's not involved in all th...
A celebration of you: please sign in
To say the least, this has been an astounding year for me. It's not New Year's Eve yet, but I want to get started on remembering everything that's happened.I can't begin to get a handle on the scads of people I've met this year, so I'd like to ask yo...
My approach to life
One of the pleasures of traveling to conferences, as I've done this past year, is meeting people "IRL" (in real life) whom I've only known online. One is Twitter buddy Steve Woodruff (@SWoodruff).Today, with the big east coast snowstorm, he tweeted a...
Advice to a Cancer Patient Facing News He Didn\'t Want
Recently an online friend from long ago introduced me to someone who's got a cancer case that's not going well, looking for any advice and counsel. He wrote today to a big cc list, with unfavorable news (I'm obscuring all details), and I replied.In ...
What a headline to have in one\'s scrapbook
This is the start of an item in today's Manchester Union Leader.Yes, that's Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway scooter. He's also the inventor of many medical devices that are making life better for a lot of people. And he and I are two of the ...
How to evaluate something like the mammography recommendations
This is a long post because it's not a simple topic. Please don't jump to conclusions.On the e-patients blog, Gilles Frydman, founder of ACOR, has written one of his potent deep-thinking posts. This time he reflects on how we (humanity) tend to get o...
