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The Journal has just published a commentary by SPM member Kathy Kastner, “My 8-Point Participatory Philosophy: What Makes Me a Participatory Patient.” The author describes the “aha moment” when she decided to become a participatory patient and shares the attributes that helped her achieve her goal — they include discipline and hard work, as well as self-love and room for imperfection.

 

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Kathleen O'Malley

Kathleen O'Malley has served as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Participatory Medicine since 2010. Before that, she worked as an acquisitions editor and managed the Publishers’ Circle journal licensing program at Medscape for many years. She was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 2008 and continues to thrive, thanks in great part to a caring group of surgeons, physicians, nurses, social workers and fellow survivors who all practice participatory medicine.

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