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Medicine’s cultural “caution tape”

November 6, 2017 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

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I’m honoring the contributions of my community colleagues over the years by pulling out some of their best comments and quotes. Jack Penner, in response to “His doctors were stumped. Then he took over” (2017): In terms of how can we empower patient to become active participants, one thing that comes to mind is lowering […]

Filed Under: featured commenters, net-friendly docs, patient networks, social media Tagged With: participatory medicine, Patient Community, peer-to-peer healthcare

E-patient Interview: Stirrup Queen

April 16, 2008 By Susannah Fox 7 Comments

Cheryl Miller has written an excellent article, “Blogging Infertility,” in The New Atlantis. She brings up a lot of themes that have been echoing throughout my other reading: a once-silent group newly empowered by the internet; teaming patients with similar profiles; home-care tips (there could be a whole blogroll on injections, btw, starting with AmyT […]

Filed Under: e-patient stories, maternity, others' e-patient stories Tagged With: Cheryl Miller, Community Member, Ectopic, Endo, Health Care Decisions, New Atlantis, Nicu, Patient Community, Patient Interview, Peggy Orenstein, pregnancy, Reconnection, Self Advocate, Stirrup, Treatment Choices, Waiting For Daisy, Waiting Rooms

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