Ted Anderson, MD, PhD

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   “This is Ted Anderson, the Junior Fellow District Chairmen of District  VII, and I’m here with Dr. Skip Granai today who’s been a pioneer in  complementing women’s care issues in oncology.  He has really developed  some innovative programs.  Why don’t you tell us a little bit about what  you’re going to be talking with us about today.”
         
         

  “First of  all, I’m honored to be here visiting with everyone from District VII.  I  look forward to discussing what we’ve come to call ‘what matters  matter.’  Those matters that when you really think about it are the  important things, not that I really know what those matters are per say  or certainly I’m not aware of the answers but as a cancer program we’ve  tried to think what they might be and how they would help us provide  better total cancer care.  What we’ve done is we’ve divided matters, if  you will, into two large categories.  Key values, which you might call  evidence based medicine or the science of medicine and human values, and  we’ve tried to provide both.  Clearly, people come to conventional  physicians for the evidence based medicine or the science of medicine  but we must continue to do the very best that science of medicine has  given.  At the same time, how could it be that even where there isn’t  evidence-based proof of certain things that there are some matters that  we can integrate, for example, a smile, a touch, or a poem?  Down in the  context of someone receiving chemotherapy, it can enhance the moment  relative to what would otherwise be.  I don’t think even the biggest  skeptics amongst us would argue that that wouldn’t be a good thing to  do, just sort of try to enhance the moment as long as we aren’t  misleading people about what we don’t know.  So it’s been an interesting  experience for me personally as a physician to be involved with those  kinds of questions, and I look forward to discussing it with your group  today.”
         
         

  “Thank you  very much for being here.  We really are anticipating an excellent  presentation, and we’re happy to have you here today.”
         
         

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ACOG District VII Meeting - St. Louis, Missouri, USA 2000

Ted Anderson, MD, PhD

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What Matters Matter