The doctor-patient relationship is an important one when you’re facing cancer. You want to make sure you have the best doctor you can find to treat your particular condition, but you also want to feel seen as a person by this doctor. A lot of members of the SurvivorNet family have told us that they realize saving their life is the doctor’s biggest job, but they also wanted someone who could be empathetic with their unique concerns.
Matthew Zachary, CEO and Founder of Stupid Cancer, discussed the doctor-patient relationship when talking about the medical field’s tendency to overlook young adults with cancer. When he was facing brain cancer as a 21-year-old college student, he noticed a real lack of resources for people in his situation — that’s how he got into advocacy. Matthew also said advocacy is the way to achieve that doctor-patient relationship so many people are looking for.
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