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Update: How empathy, education, communication and the PAST Model transformed Sickle Cell patient care

Society for Participatory Medicine

In 2004, as a staff nurse at Baptist Medical Center South in Florida, I cared for a group of pediatric and adult African-American Sickle Cell patients who would come to my medical-oncology unit for treatment. I always felt like I was putting a Band-Aid on their care and not really doing anything tangible for them.

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How Empathy, Education, Communication and the PAST Model transformed Sickle Cell Patient Care

Society for Participatory Medicine

In 2004, as a staff nurse at Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, Alabama, I cared for a group of pediatric and adult African-American Sickle Cell patients who would come to my medical-oncology unit for treatment. They would stay a few days, get fluids, and get Phenergan around the clock for nausea, and narcotics for pain.

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