I like to poke around other’s blogs… so many excellent points can be made in this free flow of information. Found a great case for paying cash when you visit your doctor from Dr. Tim. Check it out: http://drtim.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/the-case-for-cash-when-health-insurance-isnt/ Thanks for the eye-opener, Dr. Tim. ……………….. Want more tools for sharp patients? Sign up for […]
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A few days ago, I wrote about Jane and Max, and Max’s diagnosis of prostate cancer. Max was told he needed a prostatectomy and was trying to decide between laparoscopic and robotic surgery. A comment from “hERB” reminded us that Max might have other options, too — radiation, cryosurgery, hormone depletion and others. The point
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Yesterday, I responded to a post at “punctuative!” — called – Patient Advocates aka Healthcare Rangers by Matt Winn. Matt, who is a venture capitalist, was commenting on patient advocacy as a relatively new service provided to patients. My response was simply a thank you — because he cited some of my work. Today there
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The universe has been telling me all week to write more about refusing medical treatment. Several readers of my newspaper column sent me questions about it — without even knowing I had already addressed the subject on my blog. And, several readers of this blog sent me personal comments about refusing treatment, sharing their stories
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A question popped up this morning in reaction to my column in today’s Post Standard. The column is short — you can read it here: Five Words Can Make All the Difference The question regards Medical Consumerism — a label that marries the concepts of medical care and the idea of patient as consumer. Turns
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Last week I “met” Julia Schopick, a patient advocate who has some good information for you at www.honestmedicine.com. After Julia read my misdiagnosis story, she sent me a link to this MSNBC story by Rehema Ellis called “Cancer Docs Profit from Chemotherapy Drugs.” I almost fell off my chair when I read it! If you
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Our radio show taping this week included a conversation with two medical students. It was so refreshing and interesting to hear their perspectives on patient-doctor communications, and a variety of other topics. Something one of them said triggered a memory of a recent Grey’s Anatomy episode (no — not the one with the ferry accident
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Our radio show taping this week included a conversation with two medical students. It was so refreshing and interesting to hear their perspectives on patient-doctor communications, and a variety of other topics. Something one of them said triggered a memory of a recent Grey’s Anatomy episode (no — not the one with the ferry accident
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