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“They never took his sock off”: a parable of patient empowerment, resourcefulness, and literacy–Susannah Fox

December 28, 2010 By Susannah Fox 26 Comments

Jessie Gruman’s Journal of Participatory Medicine commentary, “Evidence That Engagement Does Make a Difference,” reminded me of a talk delivered by Alice Tolbert Coombs, M.D.,  last September: As you listen to Dr. Coombs’s chilling story about a man who lost his foot because nobody ever took his sock off to examine it, please review Jessie’s […]

Filed Under: shared decision making, Why PM Tagged With: Alice Tolbert Coombs, Jessie Gruman, Journal of Participatory Medicine, Mayo Transform, participatory medicine, patientslikeme, Paul Wicks, Pew Internet

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