"Family Matters - Coming Together for Alzheimer's" -
A video that is designed to introduce newly diagnosed and early
stage patients and families to the world of Alzheimer's. 2006
"Involving Patients in Redesigning Care" - A video and
manual (one in a series of seven) that documents the experiences
of health care organizations as they strive to improve patient
outcomes by redesigning the ways they deliver care. Institute
for Health Care Improvement (IHI) & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
2004
"One Story, Two Voices; A candid conversation between a cancer
patient and her oncologist", Julie Goldman and Lidia Schapira,
MD. - A video that comes with a study guide. 2001
"Spirituality, Religious Wisdom, and the Care of the Patient"
- A video that documents an interfaith academic and clinical colloquium
addressing healing and the human response to illness, organized
by St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center and the Bioethics Institute
of New York Medical College. 2006.
"Remaking American Medicine", PBS Series, Health Care
for the 21st Century
"Voices from the Lived World of Illness: Advanced Cancer",
Southwestern Vermont Health Care and the Institute for Medical
Humanism. Four patients share their experiences at time of diagnosis,
coping with illness and expectations of their doctors. 2002
"What Matters to Families: Speaking the Same Language",
The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care - Speaking with parents
of terminally ill children. 2003
"When Things Go Wrong: Voices of Patients and Families",
Tom DelBanco, MD, CRICO/RMF. Patients and their families share
the impact of medical errors on their lives and offer insights
that could improve the healthcare system and patient-provider
communication. A guide for learners and facilitators is included.
2006
"When Breast Cancer Comes Back: Skills for Living", Family
Health Productions. Five women tell how they dealt with metastatic
breast cancer. 1999
"203 Days", Bailey Barash Productions. A video documentary
and teaching tool that gives a first-hand glimpse of what it can
be like to take care of a dying parent. It is a useful film and
resource for patients, families, and any health professional supporting
a dying patient. 2007
Schwartz Center Videos Produced for our Annual Dinners
The Schwartz Center has selected the following videos, produced
for our annual dinner as helpful resources for patients and families.
These videos are available from our lending library. To request
a copy, you can contact us at (617)724-7576 or by email: schwartzcenter@partners.org.
1996 - "One Patient's Story"
Highlights the life of Ken Schwartz, a health care lawyer and
founder of The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, with interviews before
his death. The film shows moments of engagement between Ken and
his caregivers and demonstrates how important compassionate care
was for Ken during his illness, and how the Schwartz Center's
goal to improve the delivery of compassionate care can affect
us all positively.
2002 - "Bridging Two Worlds"
Highlights the personal and professional effects of cancer on
two nurses - one from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and
one from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - who took part in a study
conducted by the MGH Institute of Health Professions with a grant
from the Schwartz Center. The study looked at the experience of
25 nurses diagnosed with cancer and how their experiences affected
their relationship with patients.
2003 - "Someone Who Cares: Three Portraits"
Highlights three patients whose caregivers were nominated for
the Schwartz Center's Compassionate Caregiver Award. They were
each asked to describe the qualities of a compassionate caregiver,
how that caregiver makes them feel, and how and why it makes a
difference. A central theme emerges: their caregivers were able
to connect and empathize with them, making them feel hopeful and
less alone.
2004 - "Compassion: Teaching and Practicing"
Highlights a unique program funded by a major grant from the Schwartz
Center to Boston Medical Center (BMC) that teaches communication
and relationship building skills to residents. The video featured
two faculty members and a resident at BMC who were involved in
this new and innovative training program. The family of a patient
who died and his physician described the importance of compassion
and how it made the family's ordeal more bearable.
2005 - "Beyond the White Coat and the Johnny: What Makes
for a Compassionate Patient-Caregiver Relationship"
Highlights from a panel discussion on compassionate care sponsored
by the Schwartz Center at its 10th anniversary and moderated by
veteran journalist John Hockenberry. The panel included clinicians
and patients, and Darshak Sanghavi, MD, summarized the elements
of compassionate care based on Rounds discussions held at 54 hospitals
in the summer of 2005.
2006 - "Five Caregivers: One Vision"
HIghlights the five Compassionate Caregiver Award finalists for
the 2006 award. The award was established to honor exceptional
caregivers. The video profiles the five finalist and their relationships
with their patients.
2007 - "Transformed by Illness: Caregivers as Patients"
Highlights three caregivers who share their experiences of being
a "patient" and how that experience has impacted their professional
life. Through the video the caregivers share some of their inner
feelings of what it was like to "be the patient" and in turn how
that has influenced them to be more compassionate and attentive
to their patients' needs.
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