Society for Participatory Medicine
e-patients.net blog
Medicine Movement
pt/doc co-care, Why PM
Calling All Physicians: Support the Participatory Medicine Movement
Participatory Medicine is a new paradigm in healthcare, one that promises to enhance healthcare efficiency, transform the experience for both the patient and their providers, and improve healthcare outcomes. This cultural shift requires adaptation among healthcare professionals (including physicians) as well as patients and caregivers. And yet changing culture amongst physicians remains challenging, for a [...]
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PeoplesPharmacy.com in NYTimes: “Not All Drugs Are the Same After All”
We’re thrilled to see our Joe and Terry Graedon, of PeoplesPharmacy.com, in the New York Times (“Not All Drugs Are the Same After All”) telling a truth that the FDA hasn’t figured out: generics don’t always work the same as the brand name drug. Joe and Terry exemplify the participatory medicine movement. He’s a pharmacologist, and she’s a PhD [...]
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Low-Tech Models of Participatory Medicine: The Astounding Results of Group Prenatal Care
A signal moment in the history of this blog was the arrival in late summer of a new ally, the birthing movement, represented by Amy Romano, the blogger at Science and Sensibility, the Lamaze International blog. Amy gets it: participatory medicine is not just about the internet – it’s about being empowered and engaged. Her [...]
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Participatory Medicine and Patient Research: It’s Gonna be a New World, indeed!
Matthew Herper’s post about thalidomide treatment of Myeloma is a good example of how patients will contribute to medical knowledge in the future, and may form a cautionary tale for patients who get involved to this degree in formulating new treatment approaches.
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