A pioneer in defining the role of medical humanist; Ms. Bandman is a writer, co-founder of the Center for Communication in Medicine and co-author of CCM’s signature tool, SpeakSooner®: A Patient’s Guide to Difficult Conversations.
“In times of crisis we summon our strength... call on every resource...every forgotten image... every memory that can make us know our power.” - Muriel Rukeyser How does one live with uncertainty when facing a life-threatening illness? Where does one find inner...
In the early 2000’s the Center for Communication in Medicine created a program for physicians at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center titled “Doctors Conversation Hour.” Before each meeting I would send participants an article to help prompt discussions about ethical...
To be a person is to have a story to tell. —Isak Dinesen It’s hard enough that a diagnosis comes along to threaten our lives—does it also have to threaten our life stories? One of the things I have heard many patients speak about is how their diagnosis resulted in...
