About Empathy
About Empathy is a healthCARE podcast that focuses on patient, caregiver and healthcare provider stories. We believe these stories of hope, struggle, love and grief can help inspire compassion and humanism. Podcast guests discuss their personal stories, while the hosts reflect on those stories to help enable and support empathic interactions in the healthcare community.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2023
Episode 6: Understanding Children's Grief - Part One
For more information on Andrea’s work: https://andreawarnick.com
Episode 4: Getting Personal
Get to know our hosts https://www.aboutempathy.com/about-hosts
Episode 3: Medical Assistance In Dying - Part 2 A Patient's Story
This is Part 2 of 2 episodes on Medical Assistance in Dying. Part 1 is a discussion with doctors who provide the treatment.
Episode 2: Medical Assistance In Dying - Part 1 Physician's Experience
This is Part 1 of 2 episodes on Medical Assistance in Dying. Part 2 will feature an interview from a patient.
Episode 1: A New Normal? Reflections On Life With Cancer
Gill Deacon has returned to Here and Now which can be heard weekdays 3-6pm, on CBC Radio 99.1FM. She has written a memoir Naked Imperfection, and a national best-seller, There’s Lead In Your Lipstick…
Episode 8: Finding Meaning and Preserving Dignity
Emotional or existential distress is not as easily noticed in patients with serious illness. Dr. Jennifer Moore is a palliative medicine consultant, specializing in dignity therapy. Claire Suarez is …
Episode 7: Finding Balance in Dual Roles
When faced with serious illness, patients and caregivers take on new roles. Those who work in health care are in a unique position when becoming a caregiver for a loved one. Melodie cared for her par…
Episode 6: Authentic Relationships
When faced with bad news it can be difficult to speak to others, leading to interactions that are inauthentic. Euphemisms, platitudes, and missed efforts, can patronize the patient and put distance i…
Episode 5: Caring for Caregiver
When caring for a loved one with serious illness, caregivers focus intensely on the patient. Without checking in on the caregiver, the health care team may be overlooking the importance this has. Lau…
Episode 4: Palliative Care and Compassion Fatigue
Dr Daphna Grossman is a palliative care physician at North York General Hospital in Toronto ON. Describing her journey to palliative care, Daphna speaks about the role of mentorship. Her care is root…
Episode 3: Looking Back
Susan shares her experience of taking care of her Dad as his cancer progressed. She learned the strong will he had. He was a person who didn’t complain, and appreciated the little things in his final…
Episode 2: Survivorship and Hope
Aviva describes both the relief and fear of completing active treatment for marginal zone lymphoma. Survivorship, life after disease, has been an emotional journey that Aviva manages using writing, h…
Episode 1: Gratitude
On their 22nd wedding anniversary, Sholom discusses the palliative care of his late wife, Erminia. Erminia made the graceful decision to transition to end of life care - motivated by spirituality. Sh…