Tonight's picture was taken on March 17, 2009. To me Mattie was the ultimate shamrock! We never knew this would be our last St. Patrick's Day with Mattie. That day, Mattie was headed to the outpatient clinic. Before heading there, he donned on all his clover gear that his friends gave him to celebrate the day! I remember taking this photo like it were yesterday!
Quote of the day: We’ve been wrong about what our job is in medicine. We think our job is to ensure health and survival. But really it is larger than that. It is to enable well-being. ~ Atul Gawande, Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
A few weeks ago, Peter and I were approached by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). ASCO is the voice of the world’s cancer physicians. ASCO’s patient information website (Cancer.Net) brings the expertise and resources of ASCO to people living with cancer and those who care for and care about them. ASCO wanted up to do a Podcast for their website! I honestly did not know what a podcast was, but I got up to speed quickly. It is an interview, without an actual interviewer or moderator. So in essence you have to moderate and dialogue by yourself. In our case, we had crafted how we wanted the 20 minute interview to go, and basically Peter served not only as a speaker but our moderator!
We want to thank Cancer.Net for the opportunity to discuss the importance of psychosocial
care as an integral part of comprehensive cancer care. Within the Podcast we
share personal insights we gained from Mattie's cancer journey and why these
experiences led to our vision to develop and implement evidence based
Psychosocial Standards of Care. Hope you find the link below of value!
http://www.cancer.net/blog/2016-03/when-medicine-isnt-everything
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