Bringing this back up with a new interview from Salon on Dr SM
Here's some quotes to pique your interest:
[quote]For patients, the idea that this is a war makes them foot soldiers in that war. To not survive is to become a loser, a casualty. Most patients don't want to be soldiers and casualties or losers. War inevitably sets up the rhetoric that you either win or lose.[/quote]
[quote]As a doctor, I was particularly interested in the tension you describe between patient advocates and the medical community. Can you talk about that?

We need patient advocates, they are crucial. That said, there are natural tensions.[/quote]
Salon interview with Siddartha Mukherjee
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