“When a doctor tells you ‘You’re sick,’ he’s not just diagnosing you; he is initiating a new chapter in the story of your life…”
ANTIDOTE TO “GOING IT ALONE”
“Even though things inside you might be ripping you up…” Steve Williams, a patient featured in our Difficult Conversations video, tells us “…you put on a good face. For many people it’s hard to ask for help…
Not Soon Enough
As a member of the Psychosocial Oncology Advisory Panel of Cancer.Net I received an e-mail announcing Dr. Lidia Schapira as the new Editor in Chief.
What Is Left Unsaid…
Who among us has not attended a professional conference and exchanged a slew of business cards with like-minded colleagues promising to be in touch? But how many of us actually follow up?
To Record or Not to Record, That Is the Question
A journalist who had unearthed one of my blogs written three years ago recently contacted me.
New Cancer Therapies: Expectations and Shared Responsibilities
Today, cancer is not a death sentence…
It’s Treatable But Not Curable – REVISITED
I was thinking about the subject of my next blog when I was alerted that a new comment was awaiting approval.
DOSING HOPE AND REALITY
Two years ago, I posted a blog, Inviting Doctors to Tell Difficult Truths about this very subject