Wendy Harpham on Healthy Survivorship

Compassion and Computers III

To discuss why compassion matters in modern medicine, let's begin with a definition:

Compassion and Computers II

What could be wrong with IBM's supercomputer "Watson" helping physicians care for patients?

Compassion and Computers

Recent news that IBM's supercomputer "Watson" has teamed up with Memorial Sloan Kettering in patient care provides a nice introduction to a blog series on compassion and computers.

Stress of Mothers' BRCA Testing

A mother describes her distress over her daughters getting tested for a genetic mutation (BRCA) that may predispose them to the same cancer for which she was treated successfully. She knows this is not her fault, yet she feels dreadfully guilty.

Knowing You Carry a Cancer Gene -- Part III

How do Healthy Survivors deal with the anxieties prompted by knowing their risks of future problems?

Back in the (Blogging) Saddle

Thanks for the support while I took a brief break from blogging to devote my good hours to writing a first draft of an upcoming new keynote. The writing went more quickly than anticipated.