Videos

Video: CBS 60 Minutes, “The Cost of Dying”

Description:  CBS's 60 minutes recently spent time with the Palliative Care Team at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, NH filming part of a segment that aired on sunday November 22nd called The Cost of Dying.   Link:  Visit Site Related Resources:  Geripal Blog: Dying in 14 Minutes of 60 Minutes Geripal Blog: "How should costs fit into

Bridget Duffy on the Patient Experience: Gel Health Conference 2009

Description:  This Gel Video is of Bridget Duffy speaking at the 2009 Gel Health conference.  She talks about her recent experience as a patient with a broken leg and how that has continued to inspire her work improving the patient experience.  Link:  Visit Site Media Video:  Related Resources:  Gel Health Conference 2009 Video: Dr. Bridget

Dean Ornish on Healing

Synopsis:  Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself.  This talk is very entertaining, interesting and packed with information that supports the healing wonders of the body-- even when illness and disease have already set in.  Source:  Website: TED ideas worth spreading Vol/Page/Date: 

Michael Christensen: Co-founder, Big Apple Circus; founder, Clown Care

Synopsis:  Visiting children and their families in the hospital, Clown Care founder Michael Christensen has learned to focus on "what's going right" in the room. Speaking at the first Gel Health conference, Christensen describes how his clown rounds got started, and finishes with an on-stage performance as Dr. Stubs. Source:  GEL (Good Experience Live) Health

Anna Deavere Smith: “Let Me Down Easy”

Description:  The link below is to a November 6, 2009 episode of democracy now where Amy Goodman interviews Anna Deavere Smith who researched, wrote and perfoms "Let Me Down Easy" -- a solo act about various trials and tribulations within the U.S health care system.  There is a short article and a great video interview

Advance Care Planning: Role of the Primary Care Physician

Link:  Visit Site Media Provided By:  This is an informative continuing medical education video (January 8, 2008) from the University of California Davis Medical School on the role of the primary care physician in advanced care planning.  Ben A. Rich, J.D., PhD., addresses the importance and role of advanced directives as well as the shortcomings

Video: Palliative Care in Action

Description:  This video posted on getpalliativecare.org gives a short, basic introduction to Palliative Care and how it is used.  It includes interviews with Diane Meier, MD, FACP who is the director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and the director of the  Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.  If

“Living Old” – Frontline’s 2006 documentary on aging

Description:  "A powerful and intimate journey into the uncharted territory of Americans living longer than ever -- and what it means for them, their loved ones and our society."   PBS's award winning documentary team explores the topic of "living old" and the rapidly growing population of people age 85 and older.  Top notch film making

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