8. *Patients diagnosed with cancer develop
fear and anxiety...
Decision making about the care of the
patient becomes difficult.
So...
Good communication can ultimately help
the patient, families, and doctors make
important decisions together *
9.
10.
11.
12. "Help me find my way in life, and I
will build you a shrine” -Danny
Thomas
Founder of St.
Jude's Hospital
Improved
health care
for children
all around
the world.
13. Susan G. Komen Cure
“As I look back over the more than 25
years since I founded Susan G. Komen for
the Cure, I am amazed at our
accomplishments. What began as a
promise to my dying sister, Susan G.
Komen, has evolved into the world’s
largest grassroots network of breast
cancer survivors and activists fighting to
save lives, empower people, ensure
quality care for all and energize science
to find the cures”. -Nancy G. Brinker,
Founder and CEO
32. “Ultimately, we need to structure our
health care system so that it fosters
excellent communication and
improves access to information,
particularly among those patients who
are most disadvantaged”. – co-author
Ronald M. Epstein M.D., professor of Family
Medicine, Psychiatry and Oncology at the University
of Rochester
33. United Kingdom is a
step ahead, along
with many other
countries.
Patients in the United
Kingdom can write
notes on their
medical records.
!
34. *
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