Patients' Stories: Narrative Matters
by Health Affairs
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Description
Stories about patient care—and lack of care—from Narrative Matters, a section of first-person essays in the policy journal Health Affairs.
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Sara Sklaroff - "On Our Own: Why We Who Struggle To Live With Diabetes Could Use A Helping Hand" Full Essay | A woman with diabetes points out the shortcomings of a system that blames people with the disease—rather than taking steps to prevent diabetes, diagnose it earlier, and support the best care. (January 2012) | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Colleen T. Fogarty - "Call It Jiffy Boob: Whats Lacking When Care Has Assembly-Line Efficiency" Abridged Version | Productivity at a breast care center is laudable, but not if interactions with scared or vulnerable patients lose the individualized human touch. (November 2011) | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Colleen T. Fogarty - "Call It Jiffy Boob: Whats Lacking When Care Has Assembly-Line Efficiency" Full Essay | Productivity at a breast care center is laudable, but not if interactions with scared or vulnerable patients lose the individualized human touch. (November 2011) | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joseph J. Fins - "Mosaics And Misery" Poem | This poem was inspired by New York Presbyterian Hospital emergency department staff waiting for the arrival of the injured from the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. (January/February 2002) | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sue Eisenfeld - "Toxic Tale: An 'Enviro' Learns Why We Need Tighter Controls On Home Pesticide Use" Abridged Version | She had her house sprayed for fleas and then suffered a severe autoimmune reaction to the chemicals. Now she argues for tighter controls (May 2011) | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sue Eisenfeld - "Toxic Tale: An 'Enviro' Learns Why We Need Tighter Controls On Home Pesticide Use" Full Essay | She had her house sprayed for fleas and then suffered a severe autoimmune reaction to the chemicals. Now she argues for tighter controls (May 2011) | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Mayer - "On Being A 'Difficult' Patient" Abridged Version | Patient Michelle Mayer, a research professor in North Carolina with a chronic autoimmune system disease, tells why she eventually became a difficult patient, and how it helped her get the doctoring she needs. (September/October 2008) | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michelle Mayer - "On Being A 'Difficult' Patient" Full Essay | Patient Michelle Mayer, a research professor in North Carolina with a chronic autoimmune system disease, tells why she eventually became a difficult patient, and how it helped her get the doctoring she needs. (September/October 2008) | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Derksen - "Despierta!" Abridged Version | A physician's stark encounter with the grim human toll of a preventable public health problem. (November/December 2000) | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Derksen - "Despierta!" Full Essay | A physician's stark encounter with the grim human toll of a preventable public health problem. (November/December 2000) | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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"Witness To Disaster" - Multiple Essays | The stories of those who offered medical care in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita bear witness to devastation and strength in American life. (March/April 2006) | 11/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Veneta Masson - "Why I Don't Get Mammograms" Abridged Version | A nurse practitioner tells why she and many experts believe that most regular screening mammograms don’t save lives but instead give rise to false fears and unneeded biopsies. (October 2010) | 10/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Veneta Masson - "Why I Don't Get Mammograms" Full Essay | A nurse practitioner tells why she and many experts believe that most regular screening mammograms don’t save lives but instead give rise to false fears and unneeded biopsies. (October 2010) | 10/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ron Capps - "Back From The Brink: War, Suicide, And PTSD" Full Essay | A veteran describes his odyssey with post-traumatic stress disorder. (July 2010) | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Phyllis Richman - "Shuffling in Grandmother's Footsteps" Abridged Version | Two generations later, a cure for Parkinson’s disease is still said to be “probably ten years away.” (January/February 2009) | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Phyllis Richman - "Shuffling in Grandmother's Footsteps" Full Essay | Two generations later, a cure for Parkinson’s disease is still said to be “probably ten years away.” (January/February 2009) | 9/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Frederick Trump - "Love in the Time of Organ Transplants" Abridged Version | When pos-transplant medication costs more than $1,000 a month, how much of a girlfriend’s appeal might be because she comes from a country that provides universal health care? (January/February 2009) | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Frederick Trump - "Love in the Time of Organ Transplants" Full Essay | When pos-transplant medication costs more than $1,000 a month, how much of a girlfriend’s appeal might be because she comes from a country that provides universal health care? (January/February 2009) | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Irene Wielawski - "HIPAA, TB, And Me" Abridged Version | After a mom goes head-to-head with a college health center that is intimidated by HIPAA, she researches the law and suggest what could make it more effective. (July/August 2006) | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Irene Wielawski - "HIPAA, TB, And Me" Full Essay | After a mom goes head-to-head with a college health center that is intimidated by HIPAA, she researches the law and suggest what could make it more effective. (July/August 2006) | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
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