Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care · Vol. 1, No. 2 · 2015 · pp. 50–52 · e-ISSN 2377-8393

The Role of Dose-Dense Neo Adjuvant Triple H Therapy, Hugs, Humor and Humility: Palliative Medicine, Oncology, and the Human Spirit – A Clinician’s Journey

Doron Feinsilber

Department of Hematology/Oncology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USAUnited States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17140/pmhcoj-1-109 · Published 2015-07-29 · Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 · © 2015 The Author(s)

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Abstract

The road to becoming a medical oncologist is a unique lattice of spiritual academic stamina. The roots of my academic and spiritual journey began well into my childhood when I was raised in a kind, warm, and genuine family. My mother and father, both immigrants who came from Israel with hardly a formal education or command of the English language came to the United States to provide a greater life for the next generation.

Conclusions

My extensive life journey through different phases of