Humanizing Oncology Care: A Strategic Imperative (Luisa Fioretto, MD in JCO Oncology Practice)

Luisa Fioretto, MD

“As a medical student, I believed my role was to cure disease. However, after graduation, I found myself meeting people with all their burden of emotional and psychological complexity. While I was listening to them, I quickly realized that I was becoming part of their journey. In oncology, this became a personal encounter between a person grappling with a cancer diagnosis and someone who chose to care for them.”

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