Video, 2009, 8:02 minutes
Dr. Amy Ship gives a short talk on giving and receiving compassion in her roles as a primary care physician and mother of children with disabilities. “There is no billing code for compassion,” Dr. Ship says.
Keeping Dignity Alive: The Struggle to Support Seniors in Their Own Homes
CBC Radio Town Hall Series, 2010
Over a one-week period, CBC Radio One provided a forum to examine the complex issues facing people as they grow older, including a town hall with Dr. Mark Nowaczynski, a Toronto physician who makes house calls. The website features Dr.Nowaczynski’s work to improve the care of elderly people in Toronto, as well as the voices of seniors and letters from listeners. The doctor’s photography of the elderly is also profiled.
http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/features/kda/index.html#the-photographs
House Calls
National Film Board of Canada, 2004, 55:34 min
Ian McLeod’s award-winning film is about Dr. Mark Nowaczynski, a Toronto physician who visits seniors who are too frail to go to their doctor’s offices. Without the home visits, most of his patients would be forced to move into retirement or nursing homes. The film profiles three of his patients as they struggle to age in place with dignity.
http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?lg=en&id=51478
Royal College of Nursing
http://www.rcn.org.uk/newsevents/campaigns/dignity
The Royal College of Nursing campaign – ‘Dignity: at the heart of everything we do’ – explains why dignity in nursing needs to be restored and offers modules to help make it happen.
Picker Institute
This not-for-profit organization sponsors research and education to advance the principles of patient centered and humanistic care.