Daisuke F | What We Talk About (When We Talk About Cancer)

We mustn’t hide our wishes

Daisuke F | Physician | 07-29-2014

There are wishes that every single person wants to attain – such as happiness, love, and peace, while there are wishes that are interesting for somebody but not for everybody – such as Continue…

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Supporting is receiving

Daisuke F | Clinician | 03-09-2014

Giving support not necessarily mean giving something or doing something for somebody. Oppositely, we often feel ‘supported’ rather than ‘supporting’, when

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Optimistic or Realistic?

Daisuke F | Physician | 12-11-2013

Being optimistic is not as easy a task as it looks.

As a clinician, I encounter many people who have been struck by serious illnesses. I am confident Continue…

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This is a place where anyone who counts themselves as a member of the Mass General Cancer Center community --- patient, family member, physician, nurse, researcher, social worker, care giver, administrator --- can come to read, think, and write about the words we all use, but which we don’t always understand in the same way. Often we use words and phrases that are common, that we use every day. Yet, their very familiarity creates the illusion of common understanding where, the fact is, we are frequently using these words in radically different ways, with radically different meanings. In our small way, WWTA is meant to help us work toward a common language and make the conversations we have about cancer more meaningful.

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