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Save the Date! Tuesday, October 23, 2018 – Cleveland, OH
Preview of the planned NPOAS Walk to promote mastectomy patient’s rights, on October 23, 2018.
Brenda – “I should not have to feel embarrassed or humiliated by my own body, ever.”
Brenda tells her story of going flat and needing multiple surgeries to get an acceptable result.
“Deborah” – Flat Women Before Me Paved the Way
Deborah’s story of going flat after mastectomy and waking up to an aesthetic flat closure that reflected her choice back to her.
Call to Stakeholders to Speak Out Against Medical Assault
A call to stakeholders to speak out against medical battery.
Informed Consent: The Difference Between Medical Care, and Battery
The difference between medical care and battery is informed consent – the patient MUST agree to the treatment being performed ahead of time.
$$$ Conflict of Interest for Flat Closure $$$
Denying a patient a flat closure at their initial surgery can result in more profit for the surgeon performing the revision to “fix” it.
Shouldn’t CANCER be your toughest fight when you’re fighting breast cancer?
Flat denial can be even more traumatic than the mastectomy itself, and must end.
The Hippocratic Oath
Intentional flat denial is a violation of the Hippocratic oath to “do no harm.”
What You Can Do to Protect Yourself
Kimberly Bowles answers: how can patients facing mastectomy protect ourselves from flat denial?
The Future of Not Putting on a Shirt
The future of Not Putting on a Shirt: board of directors, initial capital campaign, legislative agenda, and more.
“Flat Denial”: Stand Up, Speak Out, and Protect Patients
I have struggled to come up with a label for the malpractice of leaving extra tissue on a mastectomy patient’s chest against her consent. Labels matter – it’s hard to speak about an experience if you don’t have verbiage to […]
Dawn – “No other options were given to me”
Dawn tells her survivor story of waking up to an unacceptable surgical result after her mastectomy.