Today I went to Vic's Ice Cream and got a mint chocolate chip and coffee milkshake and it was fantastic.As I drank I kept thinking, "Man, this stuff can really fatten a person up. I am getting married in five months and I should be watching what I eat."And then I shrugged my shoulders and thought, "But I have brain cancer and who knows how long I will live?"Does anyone else ever rationalize actions this way?
Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.
