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Learning from Patients
- Dr. Chris Booth learned from a patient with incurable bowel cancer.
- This inspired a paper they co-authored about time in medicine.
Time as a Resource
- Time is a crucial resource in healthcare, often overlooked by doctors.
- For cancer patients, time takes on multiple dimensions, including treatment time and remaining lifetime.
Time Toxicity Concerns
- Patients consider time spent in waiting rooms and treatment.
- This "time toxicity" inspired research into quantifying and addressing it.