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Recurrence and hormone therapy

Wed November 22, 2017

Even since Cancer Research UK posted an article reporting on a research report by Pan et al (2017), I have seen a lot of discussion on the topic of hormone…

Critical health literacy, statistics, and treatment decisions

Thu November 2, 2017

Health Literacy

I was asked to choose between ACT chemotherapy and TC chemotherapy. Both were shown to be as effective, so the decision was mine. In making [...]

Health literacy as a patients job

Wed October 25, 2017

Research

An article on Simplifying patient communication can lead to better health outcomes by Eve Becker, crossed my stream today. I was struck by this statement: [...]

Is it critical if you don’t also question the value?

Mon October 23, 2017

Research

Thanks to Marie’s weekly round-up, I was lead to a post on Critical Health Literacy by the Breast Cancer Consortium. Initially, I really liked that [...]

Doctors think patients … and don’t talk down to me…

Mon October 2, 2017

Emotional Journey

I wasn't sure right away what didn't feel right, but upon reflection I realize that part of my viscerally negative reaction at the Health 2.0 expo today was the…

Snake oil and cancer care

Wed August 2, 2017

Research

I have found myself reflecting a lot lately on how one can tell the difference between internet sites / social media posts that are sharing 'snake oil' versus those that…

Looking for theme validation help

Sat June 17, 2017

Research

One of the challenges I'm having with my research is with the identification of themes within the blog posts. I've identified 10 key themes that I'd like use, but…

Living Pathography – An Open Dissertation blog

Thu February 16, 2017

Opinion

I have decided to brush off the domain I had originally setup for my dissertation. I have much better sense of where the project is going - so I'm…

Identity

Thu February 2, 2017

Emotional Journey

As part of the PhD process, I've been reading through my blog from the beginning. I wrote it, but I have never actually read it - at least not…

Health (illness) bloggers

Mon November 28, 2016

Emotional Journey

In my literature review for my research I came across a great article (Keating & Rains, 2015) on the social support health (illness) bloggers receive. The article does a…