by e-Patient Dave | Feb 24, 2013
This is a long post, but it strikes deep to the core of the transformation underway in medicine, even in the science that drives medicine. It appears the world is starting to change, in a very good way. We’ve often written about the changing culture of medicine,...
by e-Patient Dave | Dec 24, 2012
In the Society for Participatory Medicine we talk about professionals and patients being full partners in care. And sometimes, as in any partnership, the two part. Have you ever “fired” anyone? Before it got to that point, did you express your concern...
by Susannah Fox | Sep 7, 2012
I witnessed an intriguing Twitter conversation between Christy Collins and Greg Biggers about disease names, so I asked Christy to write up her thoughts. It is an honor to host this guest post: By Christy Collins When I started an advocacy and research organization...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Jan 9, 2012
In the latest post in our Why I Joined SPM series, guest blogger Ileana Balcu shares her story of pain, searching, and finally healing, once she discovered the e-patient community. Follow her on Twitter at @yogileana. It was 2002 and I was happily pregnant. I thought...
by Kathleen O'Malley | Oct 28, 2011
This guest post by Lisa Gualtieri originally appeared in the author’s health blog. “By the time you see the doctor, you’re either dead or you’re better,” my mother-in-law told me. She had to have multiple tests, all with long waits to get the appointments and...
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