HAOP 2023 · No. 01
Kayla Redig; Kawana Williams; Cindy Finch
Kayla Redig: Patient Advocate and Founder of the Vincible Documentary; Kawana Williams: Mental Health Counselor, Colorado State University; Cindy Finch: LCSW, Heart/Lung Cancer Survivor, Clinical Therapist and Author (at the time of recording)
How can you get to know this patient as an individual without even being able to make time for the individual?
Kayla Redig
Three cancer survivors told us what the system looks like from the other side. Kayla Redig described being labeled difficult for advocating for herself, and turning chemo into weekly theme parties. When I asked what matters most to her as a patient, she said no one had ever asked. Kawana Williams, diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 22, said nobody asked her anything either. Cindy Finch made the case for treating caregivers as co-patients.
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