The Assertive Cancer Patient is a relatively new blog, started in August '06 and written by cancer patient Jeanne Sather. Jeanne writes of the importance of being an assertive patient rather than a "good" patient in obtaining the best medical care. A couple of Jeanne's most striking posts:
Medical Mistakes—They Will Happen - Jeanne describes her own experience on the receiving end of medical errors, as well as her tips for avoiding them. She soundly advises readers to double-check things (such as whether you received the right prescription), and - above all - ask questions.
No More Campbell's Soup for Me - find out how much of your dough really goes to breast cancer research when you buy that pink soup can.
It's October--Time to Gag Me With Those Pink Ribbons - "Retailers right, left, and center are offering pink-themed merchandise, then donating a tiny share of the profits to cancer research. The reason the pink marketing campaign makes me so angry is that it encourages women to indulge in retail therapy while trivializing a very serious disease. This is not about raising money for cancer research; this is about companies trying to sell us stuff we don't need, just to make a profit." On a related note, Breast Cancer Action runs the Think Before You Pink campaign, which provides information on just this very topic. Time also covered this on Oct 11, as did Twisty.
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