Speak Sooner - Patients

DOSING HOPE AND REALITY

February 16, 2015 by celia

Two years ago, I posted a blog, Inviting Doctors to Tell Difficult Truths about this very subject (more…)

July 9, 2013 by celia

Like many proactive patients, you might already bring pen and paper to your doctors’ appointments so you can take notes. (more…)

April 17, 2013 by celia

“Doctors have a hard job. Not everybody wants to have these conversations.” This insight comes from (more…)

April 4, 2013 by celia

Empathy. It’s something all of us would agree is a valuable—and often missing—component of care. So when (more…)

March 11, 2013 by celia

Doctors caring for patients facing incurable illness often feel pressure to come up with a “miracle” treatment. But what if (more…)

February 27, 2013 by celia

Poet Emily Dickinson called death “the only One You cannot find out all about.” While modern medical education (more…)

February 21, 2013 by celia

“There’s almost always, in every medical circumstance, one more thing we can try,” says Dr. Julie Bynum. But (more…)

February 13, 2013 by celia

In my last post, I asked whether a message of constant “positivity” might be silencing for patients who might need (more…)

February 8, 2013 by celia

Nicole Haran’s “Do Great” video features cancer survivors declaring their desire to hear “you will do great.” (more…)

February 1, 2013 by celia

I recently spoke with two physicians about what patients understand the words “treatable” and “incurable” to mean. (more…)