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"Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours." -Sir William Osler
My archives are located at Archives of the Cheerful Oncologist, Volume 2
Category: Patient Advocacy
If doctors want to pontificate on how wonderful they are they should seek out the one admirer who will always listen with puerile delight.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 2:30 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
What's the difference between a plastic surgeon and an oncologist?...
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 8:24 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
No software program, central planning committee or even nationalization of the health care industry will ever reassure patients that the danger is over.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:45 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
The following day she was told that she had received a lethal dose of chemotherapy. She died 22 days later when artificial life-support was withdrawn.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:51 AM • 10 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
Even though your body is healed, there is a part of you still thrashing about in the chaos and dread that comes with this disease. I want you to know that although this is distressing it is a natural part of recovery.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 6:08 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
Asking myself, "What is behind the mask I see before me?", I thought I sensed that something and tried to put it into words. This is what tumbled forth:
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:11 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
I ask you to carry on now, carry on with courage and determination until your work is completed and you can rest in confidence.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 7:52 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
At the risk of sounding like an expert in intercessory prayer, which I am not, here is my conclusion:
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 6:49 PM • 12 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
In this age of technological and biological miracles one might conclude that a doctor's repertoire of interpersonal skills - demeanor, empathy, compassion, equanimity, mastery of communication - are mere lagniappes.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 4:41 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Patient Advocacy
Doctors must continuously monitor themselves for the signs of irritation, frustration or whatever form stress comes to haunt them.
Posted by Craig Hildreth at 9:10 PM • 1 Comments •
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