Our Bodies Ourselves: support this pioneer of empowered, participatory healthcare
December 5, 2009 · Filed Under Why PM, e-pts resources, policy issues, positive patterns, pt/doc co-care, reforming hc, trends & principles · 8 Comments
Some people think e-patient ideas are new. They’re not. I’d like to give credit to a noble antecedent, and ask for your support.
Shortly after I discovered this blog (February ‘08) I recognized two strong precedents from earlier in my life: Dr. Benjamin Spock’s Baby Book (opening words: “Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do,”) and Our Bodies, Ourselves.
Dr. Spock was published a few years before me. Our Bodies, Ourselves came along a year after I graduated college.
About its origins, Wikipedia says:
A project of the
white paper
e-Patients:
How They Can Help Us Heal Healthcare
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