{"id":15661,"date":"2013-11-27T17:02:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T22:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=15661"},"modified":"2013-11-27T17:02:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T22:02:01","slug":"my-reasons-for-thanksgiving-on-the-ultimate-loss-of-control-unclear-diagnoses-and-being-a-patient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2013\/11\/my-reasons-for-thanksgiving-on-the-ultimate-loss-of-control-unclear-diagnoses-and-being-a-patient.html","title":{"rendered":"My Reasons for Thanksgiving: On The Ultimate Loss of Control, Unclear Diagnoses, and Being a Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we know participatory medicine is based upon mutual respect: the clinician respecting the self-knowledge,\u00a0experience, and wisdom that the patient brings to the collaboration and the patient respecting the knowledge, clinical experience, wisdom, and technical skills that the clinician brings.<\/p>\n<p>While most patients won&#8217;t be able to experience what it&#8217;s like to be a clinician, most (perhaps all) clinicians, at some point, will experience being a patient. 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