In her
years as a practitioner, Dr. Harpham
worked hard to understand how to nurture
healing doctor-patient relationships.
The design of her office and her
approach to patients reflected the
blending of high-tech medicine with
old-fashioned caring.
But it
was in the setting of her own
vulnerability, pain, loss and fear as a
cancer patient that she first
appreciated the breadth and depth of
everyday difficulties endured by
patients. She’s been exploring and
discussing healing doctor-patient
relationships ever since.
In
December 2005, Dr. Harpham was invited
to write a column for professionals. Her
Oncology Times column, “View
From the Other Side of the Stethoscope,”
received the 2007 Silver Medal from
American Society of Healthcare
Publications, category “Regular
Column-contributed.”
Each
column grapples with one common yet
rarely-discussed patient dilemma, such
as the problem of false alarms or the
difficulty of finding hope in the
setting of incurable disease. Dr.
Harpham offers insight into the dynamics
behind each problem. She concludes with
suggestions for her colleagues in
oncology, offering examples of healing
words and actions that may only take a
few seconds but make a world of
difference for patients.
These
columns are addressed to professionals
in oncology, yet they have been
circulating among patients. Survivors
and their families appreciate the
insight into the world of their doctors
and nurses. Many patients find the
stories and advice help them reflect on
their lives as survivors.
View
From the Other Side of the Stethoscope
opens their eyes to new opportunities
for hope and healing.
Mother
May I?
Reflections of a Haven
On
Schedule
Misunderstanding
Physicians
Saving
My Self
A Certain
Uncertainty
Misguided
Metaphor
Matzo
Balls
Duds
Cancer
Sticks
Risk of
Hope
Her
Choice
Square
Pegs
On
Purpose
Appointment Police
Note to
My Nurse
Opal
The H
Word
Thanks
Killer
Coke
Ghosts
Puzzling
Blueberry
If-Not
When
Ribbons
I Can't
Remember
My Bed
Buddy and Me
Time to
Celebrate
Beginning?
A Meeting
with Failure
Patent
Pending: The Measure of a Life
Other Authored/Edited Articles
“Managing
Fatigue One Step at a Time.” HEAL
(Preview 2007)
“Making the
treatment decision” Medical Economics
(Sept 2004)
“Supportive
therapies for Cancer Care” Coping
May/June 2004
"Surviving
the Question, ‘How are you?’”
CURE Vol 1, No 4, Dec 2002
“Dealing
with Cancer-related fatigue”
CURE Vol 1. No 1 Spring 2002
“Hope”
(a poem) Coping Magazine Aug 2001
"Eager to quit? Be
careful what you wish for." Your career
guide. Winding down, bowing out.
Med Econ. 2001 Feb 5;78(3):106, 111-2.
"Alternative
therapies for curing cancer: what do
patients want?" Ca- a Cancer
Journal for Clinicians (March/April 2001)
"Ready to quit? Be
careful what you wish for" Medical
Economics (February 2000)
"When A Doctor Becomes
a Patient" Ladies Home Journal
(November 2000)
"Resolving the
Frustration of Fatigue" CA - A Cancer
Journal for Clinicians (May/June 1999)
Resources for helping
children whose parent (or other loved one)
has cancer.
Cancer Pract. 1999 Mar-Apr;7(2):96-9.
"Baby Talk" Mamm,
April/May 1998
"What Conventional
Doctors are Saying About Alternative
Medicine" Bottom Line Personal,
Volume 19, number 3, February 1, 1998.
"Raising the curtain
on cancer. Is the puzzle finally coming
clear?" Guest editor, with Donna Hoel.
Postgraduate Medicine. Sept. 97.
"Helping Kids Cope
When a Parent Has Cancer." (excerpted from
When a Parent Has Cancer: A Guide to Caring
For Your Children, HarperCollins Publishers)
Medical Economics. June 23, 1997.
"Healthy Survivorship
Through Knowledge, Hope, and Action"
Insights into Cancer, Resource News,
Rhonda Fleming Mann Resource Center for
Women with Cancer. Vol.3, Issue 7, Spring
1997.
"When a Parent Has
Cancer...What About the Kids?" Together.
Cure For Lymphoma Foundation, Vol 4 Winter
1997.
"Fatigue and Lymphoma
Survivors" Lymphoma Update. lymphoma
Research Foundation of America, Inc., Vol 2
No.2, 1996.
"Nutrition for
Healing" Coping. May/June 1996
"Love lights a tree at
NorthPark through the season." The Park
Cities News. November 23, 1995.
"Psychosocial
Oncology: A View From the Other Side of the
Stethoscope." Journal of Psychosocial
Oncology. Volume 13, Number 3, September
1995.
"After Cancer -
Reflections on My New Book and My Debt to
the Scientific Method." Dallas Medical
Journal. October 1994
"Helping Children Cope
With Their Parent's Cancer." Hope and
Cope Newsletter. Sir Mortimer B. Davis
Jewish General Hospital. Fall/Winter 1993.
"Healing the Cancer
Patient: Lessons from a Physician Cancer
Patient." Dallas Medical Journal.
September 1993.
"Weight Changes During
Cancer Therapy." Coping. Fall 1993.
"What National Cancer
Survivor Day 1992 Meant to Me." Coping,
Fall 1992.
Chapters
Longterm Survivorship:
Late Effects, special chapter in
Principles and Practice of Supportive
Oncology Philadelphia: Lippincott,
December 1997)
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