title: Patient as teacher.
abstract: The author provides some reflections based on her experiences as a member of Becky's treatment team (see Werth, this issue). She briefly highlights some of the areas that were most important in her work with Becky and others with life-limiting illnesses, including information-seeking, social support, maintaining normalcy, depression and decision-making, nausea and vomiting, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the role of psychotherapy. She ends with her reactions to working with Becky and how Becky touched her personally and professionally.
authors.affiliation: Ireland Cancer Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-5065, USA. donna.kwilosz@case.edu
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kwilosz
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003643:Death; D003657:Decision Making; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009325:Nausea / Q000523:psychology; D010358:Patient Participation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; D013663:Teaching; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000523:psychology