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For whose benefit do boards certify? (Updated!)

Update Nov. 26: great news! In today’s NY Times is Gynecologists May Treat Men, Board Says in Switch! Their reason for the change is still totally doctor-centric – even the mention of patients is about “the doctor-patient relationship,” not...

e-Patient Manifesto: “Patients Included”

In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his “Ninety-Five Theses” to the wooden doors of Wittenberg Cathedral, sparking a global reformation of the Christian faith that’s still going on today. In the 1950s and 1960s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked to drive inclusion for all in...

Mobile, social, health, care

A clinical trial in Kenya confirmed that human kindness is the secret ingredient to health and mobile phones are an ideal delivery system. Well, that’s my interpretation. Here’s the gist: Taking your meds is essential to maintaining your health when you...

Monthly introduction to e-Patients.net

This is our monthly introduction to e-Patients.net, blog of the Society for Participatory Medicine. Follow the Society on Twitter (@S4PM), Facebook, and LinkedIn.  Here’s how to become a Society member, individual or corporate. Our publications: This...

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