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Ask Your Questions about Cancer Care in Africa
This is a space where Mass General Cancer Center Oncologist Liz Bigger, who works in Botswana, can answer your questions about the experience of living in Africa, and the challenges of treating cancer there. Continue…
| 1 Comment | CommentOngoing “Family” Conversation
Our conversation about the word “Family” continues, but before we introduce our next topic word, we wanted to look back over the perspectives and comments we received thus far. Continue…
| 1 Comment | CommentThe “Community” Conversation
The conversation about what “community” means to us continues on, but let’s review what has been discussed so far. Jennifer wrote in our most recent perspective piece, having a community around every person affected by cancer is a vital part of care:
“It really does take a community to overcome the challenges that patients and caregivers face each and every day”
Each of our contributors Continue…
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Ongoing “Survivor” Conversation
This month’s conversation about what “survivor” means to many of us continues on, but let’s look back on the many ideas that have come up so far, there were some disagreements… Continue…
| 6 Comments | CommentOngoing “Care” Conversation
So far we’ve had a fascinating discussion this month on all the ways we think about “care”. Before we introduce our next topic word (which will be “survivor”), it seemed valuable to write a summary post about what came out of the ongoing conversation, and the ways we see “care” in some ways differently, and in other ways very similarly. Here are just a few memorable themes: Continue…
| 1 Comment | CommentThe “Optimistic” Conversation
Ongoing “Fear” Conversation
Our discussion of “Fear” continues on “What We Talk About (when we talk about cancer)”. Before we start our new topic, “Battling”…. Continue…
| 2 Comments | CommentOngoing “Support” Conversation
Our conversation about the concept of “support” continues on, but so far it seems interesting to reflect on where the conversation has gone over the last few weeks. Some of our contributors focused their perspectives on the challenges Continue…
| 3 Comments | CommentOngoing “Battling” Conversation
Our discussion about “Battling” continues on, but here is what we have discussed so far. This was an interesting debate, not because there was lot of disagreement about whether battling is Continue…
| 2 Comments | CommentFinal Thoughts on “Community”
The conversation about what “community” means to us is coming to an end, and, as Jennifer wrote in our most recent perspective piece, having a community around every person affected by cancer is a vital part of care:
“It really does take a community to overcome the challenges that patients and caregivers face each and every day”
Each of our contributors Continue…
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