Cancer Patient

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“You’re 100% alive or 100% dead at any given moment”

e-Patient Dave | June 27, 2010

A recurring training topic on this blog, originally for e-patients but also for clinicians and policy people, is understanding statistics. (See posts in that category.) Not only are statistics often misinterpreted; even when they’re correctly understood, patients too often interpret a slim chance as no chance. During my illness I heard from a long-ago co-worker. [...]

e-Patients and Participatory Physicians Creating Podcasts

e-Patient Dave | September 1, 2009

I can barely contain my happiness (oh heck, I’ll let it spill) at this: participatory patients and physicians creating educational content, using free internet software tools, and posting it for people to read (free) around the world. I’m a member of the ACOR kidney cancer patient listserv, and a patient at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess [...]