Wednesday, September 27, 2017

5 Health Care Wishes from a Cancer Survivor

Breast cancer survivor reflects back on what she wishes the medical profession's approach could have been to her cancers.

There are times when I wish my doctors knew what it felt like to have breast cancer, not that I would wish cancer on anyone. Then there are insurance companies—they don’t seem to recognize the emotional impact of hearing, “You have cancer.” I wish our system allowed oncology doctors to spend more time with patients. Looking back, the nurses and physician assistants (PAs) spent more time with me than the doctors—because insurance allowed it. This is my health care wish list below. What is yours?

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