TY - JOUR
T1 - Patient advocacy.
AU - Lomberk, Gwen
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PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Regardless of the treatment regimens and ongoing research we do as medical doctors and scientists, our bottom line is to improve the lives of those suffering from pancreatic cancer; certainly not an easy undertaking. In a previous issue of Pancreatology (April 2008, vol. 8), our editor discussed the importance of empathy toward our patients. In reflecting on the mission of trying to accomplish this goal, it is the patients, themselves, and their families who can offer the best insight into the quality of life of the patient. In this issue, the focus is on pancreatic cancer patients and their families who have formed foundations and websites toward the cause. Their insight should be valued not only for the support group they form for other patients but for medical doctors and researchers as well. In addition, their advocacy for this devastating disease is essential to our mission both in their generosity with funding and in their voices to our governments for more national funding in this area. The human factor should never be erased from our thoughts.
AB - Regardless of the treatment regimens and ongoing research we do as medical doctors and scientists, our bottom line is to improve the lives of those suffering from pancreatic cancer; certainly not an easy undertaking. In a previous issue of Pancreatology (April 2008, vol. 8), our editor discussed the importance of empathy toward our patients. In reflecting on the mission of trying to accomplish this goal, it is the patients, themselves, and their families who can offer the best insight into the quality of life of the patient. In this issue, the focus is on pancreatic cancer patients and their families who have formed foundations and websites toward the cause. Their insight should be valued not only for the support group they form for other patients but for medical doctors and researchers as well. In addition, their advocacy for this devastating disease is essential to our mission both in their generosity with funding and in their voices to our governments for more national funding in this area. The human factor should never be erased from our thoughts.
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U2 - 10.1159/000151478
DO - 10.1159/000151478
M3 - Article
C2 - 18714174
AN - SCOPUS:49549111806
SN - 1424-3903
VL - 8
SP - 420
EP - 421
JO - Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]
JF - Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]
IS - 4-5
ER -