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Raising kids who can talk with their doctors

Sherry Reisner
Patient
May 17, 2014

Some skills are best learned in childhood, like playing a musical instrument or speaking another language. Sure, you can learn these things later in life, but you’ll have to work harder and you may never play music or converse with the ease of someone who learned young.

The same is true about learning how to talk openly with your doctor.  Kids develop their habits and attitudes about health care with every …

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Raising kids who can talk with their doctors

Speaking up about hospice is not a betrayal of our family members

Sherry Reisner
Patient
April 27, 2014

I loved my father. His doctor was fond of him, too. Three times we nearly lost him, and each time he pulled through, weaker, but enjoying life.  When the magical recovery didn’t materialize, it was hard to believe that this was really going to be the end — hard for my family, and maybe harder for his doctor.

No one wanted time with my dad more than I did. I wanted …

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Speaking up about hospice is not a betrayal of our family members

Practice being an engaged patient: Choose your own adventure

Sherry Reisner
Patient
March 24, 2013

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Be empowered. Get informed. Be engaged. Get involved. We’re exhorted to help make our medical decisions, to speak up, to ask questions, to say how we feel. But if we’re going to get the hang of being engaged patients, we could use a way to practice our role in the privacy of our own homes.

Well, read on my fellow patient. I give …

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Practice being an engaged patient: Choose your own adventure

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