P.J. Hamel
P.J. Hamel is an award-winning writer and author, and a breast cancer survivor.
Contact: hamel.pj@gmail.com
- Contents
- Discoveries
- Vital Signs
- These elderly "actors" may be retired, but they're not retiring
- Facts & Figures
- Trustees establish a department and two chairs
- Surgery center is under construction, off site
- No butts about it on website aimed at girls
- Feeling low? Help may soon arrive from on high
- Ensuring safety, even in the middle of the night
- Clinical Observation
- Grant income goes down as NIH funding falls
- Investigator Insight
- Students trade their glass slides for images on a computer screen
- Film chronicles the impact of chronic illness
- Media Mentions: DMS and DHMC in the news
- Worthy of Note: Honors, awards, appointments, etc.
- Then & Now
- News Briefs
- Essays
- Letters
- Features
- "My Story"
By P.J. Hamel
Coverage of cancer is often about numbers: incidence figures, risk ratios, five-year survival percentages, mortality rates. All those numbers are, of course, important. But so, too, is every individual story that underlies the numbers. Here is one such story. - "Patient Teachers"
Turning medical students into doctors is a job that calls for scientific acumen, medical expertise, and lots of patience. And it calls for patients, too. Many students say that the most powerful lessons they learn—especially those about the importance of the human touch—are insights that they glean from patients. Here are several such sagas. - "The Supply Side of Medicine"
By Amos Esty
How many doctors does the U.S. need? Many more, say some policy-makers, to address access problems and population trends. Not so, says a DMS researcher, who argues that churning out more doctors won't fix the problems and may make them worse. He and others call instead for a more rational payment system and better-organized planning to rectify current imbalances in the physician supply.
- "My Story"
- Campaign
- Profiles
- Art of Medicine