Peter’s blogs written in English
How do you treat cancer? This question has been a hard one for thousands of years. In his brilliantly written The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddharta Mukherjee recounts how long mankind has struggled with this problem. In recent decades, however, most attention has gone towards developing new drugs, rather than Lees meer…
A short while ago, I heard an American patient advocate say, ‘I can’t solve your problem for you, but we might!’ A few short words that make clear what’s important about cooperation. Cooperation – so often preached but so seldom practised. Cooperation means you hand over what is dearest to Lees meer…
My father lost the battle against prostate cancer on 23 March 2011. I’ve been living with cancer since 7 January 2005 and have so far been winning the fight. Is it right, once you’ve been diagnosed, to speak of a battle with winners and losers? Or is it simply a Lees meer…
I was recently asked for ideas on cutting the amounts we spend on healthcare. My immediate reaction was to think ‘What a strange question’. Surely there’s nothing difficult about cutting healthcare costs? The question is a bit of a no-brainer. Who on earth would ask something like that? I admit Lees meer…
“What’s this, Carla? I’ve been your patient since 8 January and you’re just leaving me? You can’t just dump me with another doctor like that! I’m really, really upset.” It’s 2005 and my doctor, Carla Hollak, is changing jobs within the AMC academic hospital. She won’t be seeing or treating Lees meer…
The old man looked expectantly at the doctor. While suffering from symptoms for quite some time, he had waited long before seeing a doctor, being reluctant to saddle someone with his troubles. Now he was back for the results. The doctor looked up from his papers. “You suffer from lung Lees meer…
De vraag waarom je kanker krijgt is een lastige. Soms is het antwoord te geven, maar veelal is de vraag ook gekoppeld aan de vraag naar rechtvaardigheid. Rechtvaardig is het nooit en niemand heeft er om gevraagd. Ik kan hier rustig over nadenken en met gepaste rust ook over praten. Lees meer…
´Als je een boot wilt bouwen, heb je geen hout, spijkers en een hamer nodig Peter, maar liefde voor de zee`. Ik moest aan deze uitspraak van een vriend denken, toen ik op het internet zocht naar achtergrondinformatie over Paul Nurse. Op 28 september bezoeken Coen, Jan Gerrit en ik, Lees meer…
Dear Bloodbrother or Sister, My name is Peter Kapitein and I am 48 years old. I am dutchman and married to a beautiful wife called Marjolijn. I am the father of two boys. Milo aged 12 and Jaron aged 10. Two wonderful boys, bad boys, but my bad boys. Since Lees meer…