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Praise for Only 10 Seconds to Care
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"Dr. Harpham is uniquely
qualified to give an insiders view of
healthcare that can help survivors be more
effective paitents and imporve how
clinicians deliver medical care. We support
Dr. Harpham's efforts to advocate for cancer
survivors so they can live life on their own
terms. By sharing these stories of
survivorship, Dr. Harpham is empowering
people with infomration that can benefit
them personally and offering valuable
lessons for ways we can effect change in our
healthcare system."
Doug Ulman,
President/CEO, Lance Armstrong Foundation
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"...her
message is timely, not just for her
physician colleagues, but all healthcare
professionals, in any specialty. The
simplicity of her suggestions on what ot say
or do is pracical and easily integrated into
daily encounters.... As the title suggests,
caring is possible in brief moments and this
book can be read in brief moments reminding
us of the importance of the clinican-patient
bond."
Brenda Nevidjon, MSN,
RN, FAAN, President, Oncology Nursing
Society and Clinica
Professor, Duke University School of Nursing
"...Only 10
Seconds to Care should be required
reading at every medical and nursing school
in the country. Dr. Harpham not only
explains which communication techniques are
useful, she takes the reader inside the
patient's perspective so that we understand
why. Like the communication she advocates,
this book is a quick read, lucid and, at
times powerful...She's got the compass and
map for those of s in the bewildering forest
of health professional - patient
relationships.
Doug Ulman, director
of survivorship Lance Armstrong Foundation
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"Dr. Wendy Harpham has
written another engaging and informative
book -- this time aimed at health
professionals. From her vantage point on
both sides of the stethoscope, she provides
insights into the clinician-patient
relationship that are funny, accurate and
sometimes painful!. A must read for
physicians-in-training, as well as for
seasoned clinicians."
Patricia A. Ganz, MD,
Professor, UCLA School of Medicine and
Public Health
"Wendy
Harpham moves seamlessly between patient and
physician sides of medical encounters,
offering gentle and useful advice to
physicians about how much caring can happen
in literally 10 seconds. Harpham's use of
her illness experiences to teach her medical
colleagues what patients are feeling is a
gift to the medical profession."
Arthur W. Frank,
survivor, author At the Will of the Body
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