Words of Encouragement
The Good Medicine Project is grateful for the thoughtful encouragement of physicians, researchers, therapists, caregivers and community organizations who recognize the value of our mission to help breast cancer patient with a tool to inspire and inform family and friends of the power of social support.
We often meet with caregivers who want to know how they can better support their wife, mother, sister or friend, but they haven’t been able to find these answers. Good Medicine Project will not only be a source of hope and practical tips. A resource like this would also ease some of the burden placed on patients to explain what they are going through or why they can’t do things like eat their favorite foods anymore. Patients often have a hard time knowing what to ask for from their loved ones, and this tool can be a resource for them, too.
Colleen Carvalho, LMET
Associate Director
Office of People and Culture
Bay Area Cancer Connections
I have had the opportunity to meet with Susan Giacomini Allan and view a number of her videos. They are beautifully done – both technically and emotionally sophisticated. They provide information cancer survivors need to know, presented articulately and movingly by women who have lived through it. I have high regard for her work and this project. She is producing information that resonates with the results of some forty years of my research on emotional support for women with breast cancer and those with other cancers as well.
David Spiegel, MD
Willson Professor & Assoc. Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Director, Center on Stress and Health
Medical Director, Center for Integrative Medicine
Jack, Lulu & Sam Willson Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
While breast cancer itself may not be a blessing … discovering that you are esteemed and cherished by friends and family is. I really enjoyed your short video. You gathered all of the diverse information and pulled it all together beautifully … I wish you great visibility with this outstanding project!
Julia Rowland, PhD
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Director, Office of Cancer Survivorship,
NCI 1999 - 2017
Breast cancer patients who have a strong social support network invariably are more capable of dealing with the many new challenges of cancer diagnosis and treatment. I am firmly convinced that a strong network of community social support leads to an improved long-term prognosis and quality of life. You are on the right path and your work is critically important. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Mark C. Rounsaville, MD
Radiation Oncology
California Pacific Medical Center