David B

Hope is a Fortunate Companion

David B | Caregiver | 05-07-2014

“Hope… is a dimension of the soul, and it’s not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation. It is an orientation of the spirit, an

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The word “community” can be defined as “a group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists.” The patients, family members,

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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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Hope is a Fortunate Companion

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