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Powerful new “Doctor becomes an e-patient” story in Journal of Participatory Medicine

Two years ago we wrote “Let’s hear it for the ‘d-patients’” — doctors who become e-patients themselves. We said “D-patients prove that patient empowerment is anything but anti-doctor. Heck, sometimes it’s a doctor preservation movement.” A new article in our Journal of Participatory Medicine provides a compelling example: A Physician’s Experience as a Cancer of the [...]

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From incurable to “We can now call you cured”: Cheryl Greene’s story

Here’s another true e-patient story from one of our team. Cheryl Greene is third from the left in the banner at top of this blog. She’s a long-time friend of our founder “Doc Tom” Ferguson, a board member of the Society for Participatory Medicine, executive producer of DrGreene.com (AMA: “the pioneer physician web site on [...]

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E-patient Interview: Keith Schorsch

When Keith Schorsch began suffering from facial paralysis, fatigue, and severe muscular and skeletal pain, eleven doctors failed to identify the cause. Luckily, a friend recognized the symptoms as similar to what she had suffered when she had Lyme disease – and that’s the clue that saved Keith. Keith turned his experience into a consumer [...]

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