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    NICU to Nonprofit: A CHD Parent's Journey
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    NICU to Nonprofit: A CHD Parent's Journey

    Advocacy & Nonprofits

    What Good vs Bad CHD Care Really Looks Like
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    What Good vs Bad CHD Care Really Looks Like

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    The 1952 Surgery That Changed Heart Care
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    The 1952 Surgery That Changed Heart Care

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    Mechanical Heart Valve vs. the Grand Canyon
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    Mechanical Heart Valve vs. the Grand Canyon

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    Patients in the Room
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    Patients in the Room

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    More Than Survival: CHD Peer Mentors & Advocates
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    More Than Survival: CHD Peer Mentors & Advocates

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    What Good vs Bad CHD Care Really Looks Like
    Ep 1
    42:06

    What Good vs Bad CHD Care Really Looks Like

    Patient Stories

    Episode 2: Why Advocacy Matters
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    Episode 2: Why Advocacy Matters

    Advocacy & Nonprofits

    Raw Advocacy & The Subtle Campaign That Saved Lives
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    Raw Advocacy & The Subtle Campaign That Saved Lives

    Advocacy & Nonprofits

    Episode 4: An International Comparison
    Ep 4
    31:30

    Episode 4: An International Comparison

    Patient Stories

    Episode 5: Our Shared Trauma
    Ep 5
    37:34

    Episode 5: Our Shared Trauma

    Patient Stories

    Finding Someone Who Gets It: CHD Peer Mentors
    Ep 6
    49:17

    Finding Someone Who Gets It: CHD Peer Mentors

    Support & Resources

    Climbing El Capitan with a Mechanical Heart Valve
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    Climbing El Capitan with a Mechanical Heart Valve

    Patient Stories

    Episode 8: Waiting for a Heart
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    Episode 8: Waiting for a Heart

    Patient Stories

    Episode 9: Close to the Chest
    Ep 9
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    Episode 9: Close to the Chest

    Patient Stories

    The App That Puts CHD Patients in Control
    Ep 10
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    The App That Puts CHD Patients in Control

    Support & Resources

    Informed Consent vs. Medical Paternalism: A CHD Reproductive Rights Story
    Ep 11
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    Informed Consent vs. Medical Paternalism: A CHD Reproductive Rights Story

    Patient Stories

    More Than Survival: CHD Peer Mentors & Advocates
    Ep 12
    44:38

    More Than Survival: CHD Peer Mentors & Advocates

    Support & Resources

    Patients in the Room
    Ep 13
    53:24

    Patients in the Room

    The System

    Mechanical Heart Valve vs. the Grand Canyon
    Ep 14
    1:09:52

    Mechanical Heart Valve vs. the Grand Canyon

    Patient Stories

    Bonus: Peer Support Program
    Bonus
    44:20

    Bonus: Peer Support Program

    Support & Resources

    NICU to Nonprofit: A CHD Parent's Journey
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    24:58

    NICU to Nonprofit: A CHD Parent's Journey

    Advocacy & Nonprofits

    "We're a Nonprofit Now. What Do We Do?"
    SH2
    36:01

    "We're a Nonprofit Now. What Do We Do?"

    Advocacy & Nonprofits

    The 1952 Surgery That Changed Heart Care
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    25:00

    The 1952 Surgery That Changed Heart Care

    Medical History

    Longest Lived Open Heart Patient: Part 2 - What Came Next
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    Longest Lived Open Heart Patient: Part 2 - What Came Next

    Medical History

    Longest Lived Open Heart Patient: Part 3 - Why It Matters
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    Longest Lived Open Heart Patient: Part 3 - Why It Matters

    Medical History

    The Heart-Mind Connection
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    The Heart-Mind Connection

    The System

    Why Research Never Reaches Families
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    Why Research Never Reaches Families

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