About Cancer Commentary
June was a wonderful month, in more ways than one. Blogging and otherwise. ;-)
Now let me just kick off July by reiterating that what you read here at Cancer Commentary is meant mainly to inspire and educate only.
- We hope to help our readers discern cancer better and everything else that revolves around it.
- We hope to help cancer patients and their friends and family understand cancer treatment and living with cancer.
- We hope to direct readers to important communities for getting or giving inspiration to people in similar situation, or to centers conducting human trials or giving out some sort of free or subsidized cancer treatment.
However:
- We DO NOT replace your physician’s advice.
- We ARE NOT in the position to recommend treatment. But hope to bring “light” into what a drug or treatment can do.
It has been a wonderful journey here at Cancer Commentary, as I blog I have learned about cancer a lot. But there are still a lot to learn, there is always something new everyday. Sometimes what we know today, tomorrow it may not be.
And so I look forward to finding out for more on the BIG C and how lives revolve around it. I hope you stay with me in this journey.
While I certainly hope that this blog can touch lives and maybe save a life - though not directly…simply because I am not the one treating you –that’s between you and your oncologist. :-D
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Gregory D. Pawelski
Jul 4, 2007 at 11:35 pm
Properly managed, the net-savvy cancer patient can be a time-saving asset. The more educated patient is a more compliant patient. What is essential is effective communication between provider and patient that can prevent miseducation and misunderstanding.
As cancer patients launch increased explorations into medical cyberspace, they are finding out more about their disease, and researching therapies and therapeutic alternatives. With this information, they are questioning and challenging physician authority. A statement from a doctor, “don’t Google your disease” would be a caution sign. The Internet can enhance the doctor-patient relationship, rather than undermine it.
Patients can find sites that improve their lifestyle, motivate greater levels of therapeutic compliance, cut down on basic questions, help combat illness more effectively, increase wellness and prevention skills, and maintain overall wellness. The Internet, when used correctly, can be a powerful educational tool.
Physicians should verse themselves in Internet basics or at least have a working knowledge of how to work through its electronic pathway. Then they can approach patients about what is on the Internet when appropriate and as time permits. Then patients can have an increased positive attitude about their treatments and outcome, take an active role in decisions regarding their treatment, and see their relationship with the physician as one of partnership.
Patients can see the Internet as a powerful tool that can enhance their decision-making ability. They don’t have to feel powerless or have to rely on the doctor to make all of the decisions. Afterall, it is “your” body, not theirs.
You don’t go to blogs or discussion boards for information per se, but rather for new ideas. Simply reading the comments is an excellent learning process. They are a way of sharing information and stimulating ideas. A great way to get new perspectives and information.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=38828
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