Dr. Brad Kahl: Why Is It Important for You to Empower Patients?
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Dr. Brad Kahl:
I empower my patients by giving them information. I really try to educate them about the disease. Some of the approaches in follicular lymphoma are counterintuitive, and it’s impossible for a patient or a family to understand why we’re doing what we’re doing if they don’t have a good understanding of the disease itself. Same with the treatment options. We have to talk through the treatment options. Pros, everything has pros and cons.
And so I really try hard to educate the patient and the more educated they can become, the more they can participate in shared decision-making. In follicular lymphoma there’s often a lot of choices to make good choices. And the more the patient is educated and they understand, the more they can participate in the shared decision-making. And that’s the way I like to operate whenever possible.
