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One of the most stubborn barriers to patient empowerment is the cultural assumption that since the way professionals learned was hard, you must need to be really smart, and you need to be taught in a carefully thought out, methodical sequence.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: Assumption Barriers Carefully Cultural Empowerment Hard Learned Methodical Most Must Need Out Patient Professionals Really Sequence Since Smart Stubborn Taught Thought Way You

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Diagnosed incidentally with stage IV, grade 4 metastatic renal cell carcinoma, I had bone metastases in my femur (which eventually fractured), ulna, and cranium; five metastases in my lungs; and muscle metastases in my thigh and tongue. Yet six months after diagnosis, my treatment ended: I've not had a drop of anything since.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: After Anything Bone Cell Diagnosed Diagnosis Drop Ended Eventually Five Fractured Grade Had Lungs Months Muscle Since Six Stage Tongue Treatment Which

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The baby boomer surge is forcing society to face decisions about costs - and particularly what is valuable. It's senseless for clinicians and governments to bear these choices alone; a sad effect of needless paternalism is that it places a false burden on responsible people.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: About Alone Baby Bear Burden Choices Costs Decisions Effect Face False Forcing Governments Needless Particularly People Places Responsible Sad Senseless Society Surge Valuable

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Please, let patients help improve healthcare. Let patients help steer our decisions, strategic and practical. Let patients help define what value in medicine is.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: Decisions Define Healthcare Help Improve Medicine Our Patients Please Practical Steer Strategic Value

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I advocate for a totally new view of the role of the patient: patient as engaged partner, not passive recipient.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: Advocate Engaged New Partner Passive Patient Recipient Role Totally View

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I'm an e-patient: equipped, enabled, empowered, engaged. I'm no clinician, but I do everything in my power to help them, to play an active role in my own care, and even in the design of care.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: Active Care Design Empowered Engaged Equipped Even Everything Help My Own Own Play Power Role Them

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As I've met clinicians in my travels, time after time I've been inspired to hear why people went into medicine: to apply their way-above-average minds (and hearts) to work that's beyond most people's capacity, and perhaps save a few lives.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: After Apply Been Beyond Capacity Few Hear Hearts Inspired Lives Medicine Met Minds Most People Perhaps Save Time Travels Why Work

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I've been online since 1989; I was sysop on several CompuServe forums.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: Been Forum Online Several Since

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I want to be clear: not all patient communities are great, any more than online communities of any sort. But when a good one gets going, boy is it sweet.

~Dave Debronkart

Topics: Any Boy Clear Communities Gets Going Good Great More Online Patient Sort Sweet Than Want

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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