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Person-First Safe Living in a Pandemic #1

Person-First Safe Living in a Pandemic #1

by | Nov 16, 2020

How can laypeople find up-to-date, trustworthy answers to questions they have about living safely in an emergency, when they have them, in a useful manner? Part 1: a person-first approach for researchers & content creators to help people and their communities find...
A Family’s Guide to the ICU: Series Introduction

A Family’s Guide to the ICU: Series Introduction

by | Jul 15, 2019

My name is Narinder Singh. I joined SPM in April. That’s my mom in the photo above. Last year our family was caught by surprise when she had a completely unexpected and dramatic ICU stay of three months. We had a lot to learn fast and too little help, and when...
Getting Your Doctor to Really See You

Getting Your Doctor to Really See You

by | Nov 9, 2018

Doctors are regularly deluged with advice on how to engage patients. But how can you, as a patient, get your doctor to truly engage with you as a person? Your health and even your life could depend upon it. By “engage,” I don’t mean just the doctor not interrupting...
Cinderblocks 2018

Cinderblocks 2018

by | May 27, 2018

Thanks to support from SPM Travel Fund I attended Regina Holliday’s Cinderblocks Conference in Grantsville, MD. Still pound-for-pound the best conference going. Several days of local and national presentations about health, public health, and advocacy.  Small,...

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