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Steve Jobs’ Cancer Denial

by | Oct 23, 2011

The 60 minutes interview with Steve Jobs’ biographer is an intriguing piece that gives us a few insights into Steve Jobs and his battle with pancreatic cancer. But the most disturbing part of the interview for me was watching Walter Isaacson, a former editor of...

The unexpected power of storytelling

by | Sep 21, 2011

The Journal of Participatory Medicine recently published a new commentary, “A Skydiver Jumps, and an Online Community Exults,” about the unexpected power of storytelling in a lung cancer support group. After sharing an uplifting story with her online...

Neel Shah: Using bedside stories to unmuddy the waters

by | Sep 19, 2011

Guest blogger Dr. Neel Shah is the Executive Director of www.CostsOfCare.org and a senior resident in the Massachusetts General Hospital-Brigham & Women’s Hospital combined residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Last year, the nonprofit that I direct launched an...

by | Sep 7, 2011

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...

JoPM book review: “Out of Her Mind”

by | Aug 16, 2011

The Journal of Participatory Medicine has just published a review of “Out of Her Mind: Women Writing on Madness.” Writer Meredith Linden, who lives with bipolar disorder, describes how the selections in this book can help validate people struggling with...

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