Amy Berman, Sr. Program Officer, Participates in Palliative Care Seminar at NIH
Amy Berman, senior program officer at the Foundation, gave a presentation in August at the National Institutes of Health. Her participation in Cancer Care: The Patient’s Role, Palliative Care, and Implications for Health Policy is based on her personal experience. You can read more about the session here: nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2012/09_14_2012/story3.htmand view the recording here: videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=11519. You can also read about Amy’s experience in her Health AGEnda blog posts:www.jhartfound.org/blog/author/amy-berman.
Amy Berman spoke at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently as part of the Medicine: Mind the Gap series presented by the Office of Disease Prevention, the Office of Research on Women’s Health and NCCAM. She is a nurse and senior program officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation, where she is part of the effort to develop cost-effective models of care that improve health outcomes for older adults. In her talk “Cancer Care: The Patient’s Role, Palliative Care, and Implications for Health Policy,” she described how her experiences can be useful to health care providers, patients and policy makers.
Mind the Gap explores issues at the intersection of research, evidence and clinical practice, especially in areas in which conventional wisdom may be misleading. Berman challenged the conventional wisdom that aggressive treatments are the best for extending life. She chose palliative care for its ability to maintain her quality of life, but palliative care can extend life, as well, she said. Since her diagnosis, Berman’s treatment has consisted of a daily pill and a monthly infusion. It is not the right choice for every situation, but it was right for her, she said.
You can read more about the session here: nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2012/09_14_2012/story3.htmand view the recording here: videocast.nih.gov/summary.asp?Live=11519. You can also read about Amy’s experience in her Health AGEnda blog posts:www.jhartfound.org/blog/author/amy-berman.
