Lisa Smith was one of the first patients featured in this documentary . The ultimate empowered patient , she diagnosed her own cancer . She was one of the first people I wrote about when I started the Empowered Patient column shortly after her diagnosis , and our frequent discussions about doctors and hospitals and treatments and choices have informed my writing since . Lisa : She diagnosed cancer in how she lived the last 4Â½ years .
Lisa Smith was one of the first patients featured in this documentary . The ultimate empowered patient , she diagnosed her own cancer . Lisa : She diagnosed cancer in how she lived the last 4Â½ years .