“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… (more…)

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. (more…)

A journalist who had unearthed one of my blogs written three years ago recently contacted me. (more…)

In my previous blog, Dosing Hope and Reality, I responded to Dr. Gawande’s quest to help patients (more…)

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

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

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

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

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

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