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Honoring the memory of “Doc Tom” Ferguson, ten years after his death
“Doc Tom” Ferguson, the source of our Society for Participatory Medicine, died unexpectedly ten years ago this week, April 14, 2006. In the coming days we’ll run a series of posts remembering his work...
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#DocTom10, post 2: Please download the White Paper / Libro Blanco
Yesterday, in Honoring the memory of “Doc Tom” Ferguson, ten years after his death, we started a series of posts to mark his untimely demise and look back on his work. As we noted, at his death he was...
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#DocTom10, post 3: The preface and the paradigm
50th anniversary edition. Click to view book on Amazon Third in our #DocTom10 series, which started here. Yesterday I asked that you download Ferguson’s white paper, the manifesto he was working on...
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Remembering Tom’s death 10 years ago today: #DocTom10, post 4
Next in our #DocTom10 series, which started here. Ten years ago today, Tom Ferguson died unexpectedly. He was in the hospital at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), being treated...
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Warmly Remembering Tom Ferguson & His Legacy #DocTom10
Next in our #DocTom10 series, which started here. I first met Tom Ferguson in 1994 online (where else?) when he reached out via email to chat about online support groups. I was still in graduate...
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Susannah Fox: Tom’s legacy #DocTom10
Next in our #DocTom10 series, which started here. This is a blessing – the first post here in two years by Susannah Fox. More about this at the end of the post – for now, let’s get to the good stuff....
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#DocTom10: Foreword by Pew Research – astounding statistics from Y2K
Next in our #DocTom10 series, which started here. Today we resume our review of the chapters of Tom’s White Paper. This Foreword stands on its own, with no comment needed, so we’ll just paste it in...
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White Paper Introduction: “Tech is changing how we think about ourselves”...
Next in our #DocTom10 series, which started here. If you haven’t read about Tom’s preface, and the Foreword by Pew Research, we urge you to. Remember, this was all written a decade ago. Today, Tom’s...
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Doc Tom Awardees Announced at SPM2018 Conference
On October 17th, the Society enjoyed their 2nd conference in Boston. Filling a larger room than last year, attendees – in person and virtual – enjoyed an impressive lineup of speakers. The passion in...
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Conservators
My painting teacher, Wes Sherman, calls himself a conservator. He shares paintings, pictures, and tidbits of art history with special attention to artists that inspire him. I learned so much from a...
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A Romanticised History of SPM
As I was volunteering for SPM, it took years to learn its history and understand where we are, how the Society got created, and why it is what it is. This is not a historical well-documented history of...
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