{"id":6428,"date":"2010-07-08T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T18:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=6428"},"modified":"2010-08-03T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T22:23:13","slug":"why-gary-schwitzer-joined-the-society-for-participatory-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2010\/07\/why-gary-schwitzer-joined-the-society-for-participatory-medicine.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Gary Schwitzer joined the Society for Participatory Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/07\/Gary-Schwitzer-MN-mag-cover.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6429 alignleft\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/07\/Gary-Schwitzer-MN-mag-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><em>Correction: the email address for volunteering has been updated to volunteer@participatorymedicine.org<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>We&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/index.php?s=schwitzer\">written many times<\/a> about Gary Schwitzer and the excellent work he does at <a href=\"http:\/\/healthnewsreview.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Health News Review<\/a>. Last December <a href=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/archives\/2009\/12\/health-news-review-launches-new-site-with-improved-e-patient-training.html\">I said<\/a> reading health news carefully is a vital e-patient skill, and &#8220;<strong><strong>Health News Review<\/strong> <\/strong>is easily the best website around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gary just joined the Society for Participatory Medicine (at my suggestion!), and I asked him to say something about why. He replied:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;The Society&#8217;s goals align with my professional goals quite nicely and  directly.\u00a0 The Society promotes &#8216;the importance of well-informed,  empowered and engaged patients making informed decisions about their  care and treatment.&#8217;\u00a0 All of my professional activities are dedicated to  the improved flow and quality of news and information to health care  consumers so they can make smarter health care decisions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve worked in  some form of health journalism\/communication for more than 35 years.\u00a0 My  HealthNewsReview.org project is the only such service of its kind in  this country, evaluating and grading daily health news and providing  feedback to journalists.\u00a0 It receives its sole financial support from  the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, a leader in this  arena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m very troubled by the harm that can be done to individuals  and to society collectively by the dissemination of inaccurate,  imbalanced and incomplete health care news and information.\u00a0 I&#8217;m pleased  to join the terrific group of talented and committed individuals who have already become Society members.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Want to tell the world why <em>you <\/em>joined? 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