Monthly Archives: March 2013

Life Span, Life Expectancy, Decision-making in Medical Management and Life Plan Preparation

Posted on March 24, 2013 by reyojoson

Life Span, Life Expectancy, Decision-making in Medical Management and Life Plan Preparation Reynaldo O. Joson, MD, MHA, MHPED, MSc Surg March 24, 2013 I came across this table in the Net this week while studying on health status and health … Continue reading →

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Do It Anyway! Do Good Anyway! Rey!

Posted on March 24, 2013 by reyojoson

ROJoson Revisit / Review: February 10, 2022 I have been doing a lot of teaching to medical students, health professionals (hospital administrators and medical educators) and patients since 1989 under my Education for Health Development in the Philippines Program.  I … Continue reading →

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ROJoson’s Patients Saved from Unnecessary Breast Operations – March 14, 2013 (#15)

Posted on March 20, 2013 by reyojoson

ROJoson’s Patients Saved from Unnecessary Breast Operations – March 14, 2013 (#15) March 14, 2013, I had a 33-year-old female, C. Figueroa, who had one macrocyst (1.5 cm) on her right breast which I just aspirated.  She recounted that before coming … Continue reading →

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Reflections After Being Conferred with Xavier-Kuangchi Exemplary Alumni Award

Posted on March 18, 2013 by reyojoson

 Reflections After Being Conferred with Xavier-Kuangchi Exemplary Alumni Award Reynaldo O. Joson, MD March 18, 2013 March 15, 2013, I was conferred the Xavier-Kuangchi Exemplary Alumnus Award together with Michael Tan, my classmate in Xavier School, Class 1966, and Willy … Continue reading →

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Community Health Management Courses: A Design (ROJoson – Circa 1995)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by reyojoson

Community Health Management Courses: A Design Reynaldo O. Joson, MD, MHA, MHPEd, MS Surg The innovative medical curriculum contains several Community Health Management (CHM) courses that make it truly a community-oriented, if not community-based curriculum. There are a total of … Continue reading →

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Go to the People … Live among Them ….

Posted on March 4, 2013 by reyojoson

Credo of Rural Reconstruction Program: “Go to the people Live among them Learn from them Plan with them Work with them Start with what they know Build on what they have Teach by showing Learn by doing….”

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ROJoson’s TPOR on Advance Directive – 2013

Posted on March 3, 2013 by reyojoson

February 23, 2013, I had a lengthy discussion with a breast cancer survivor of 29 years from Kalibo, Aklan on advance directive.  She is very much interested in my advance directive which I made in 2006.  I told her I … Continue reading →

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ROJoson’s TPOR on Advance Directives – 2010

Posted on March 3, 2013 by reyojoson

[ROJ-TPOR-L-M-H-10apr16][Advance Directives] Trigger: Making Your Wishes Known at the End of Life, By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D., Published: April 15, 2010, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/health/15chen.html In America, April 16, 2010 has been declared on Health Care Decisions Day, “part of … Continue reading →

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Breast Cancer Survivor L. Gatchalian – 24 Years in Remission

Posted on March 2, 2013 by reyojoson

  Invasive ductal carcinoma  with 2 positive nodes

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