PATIENTS SPEAK VIDEO SERIES
Our video series harnesses the power of patients speaking about their own experience with illness and the challenges they encounter in communicating with loved ones and healthcare providers.
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
VOICES FROM THE LIVED WORLD OF ILLNESS
MEN DO TALK
Difficult Conversations
In the Difficult Conversations videos, five patients living with serious illness share the challenges they face in communicating with healthcare providers and loved ones about their needs, concerns, treatment preferences and quality of life considerations.
FEATURED
Understanding Your Prognosis
“It’s not curable, but it’s treatable. That was hard to hear.”
Cathy
OTHER VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES:
What I Hope For
VOICES FROM THE LIVED WORLD OF ILLNESS
In Voices From the Lived World of Illness, four patients with advanced cancer talk candidly about the impact of illness on their lives; the challenges of navigating the healthcare system; and how they made decisions about care that aligns with their needs, values and goals.
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Voices From The Lived World of Illness
“If you want to tell the untold stories,
if you want to give a voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language.”
Salman Rushdie
MEN DO TALK
In Men Do Talk, six men talk about being diagnosed with prostate cancer, how they decide what treatment option is right for them, and what they are looking for from their doctors. The Men Do Talk outtakes include a conversation with Sue Bohmer, RN and another with a patient’s spouse.
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Men Do Talk
“What we anticipated and what you probably feared is true and you do have prostate cancer.”
OTHER VIDEOS IN THIS SERIES:
A Spouse’s Perspective
A Nurse’s Perspective
Film Series
The SpeakSooner film series uses contemporary films with panel discussions to illustrate and guide audience Q & A on topics of interest.
Recent Presentations Include:
- The Doctor
- Patch Adams
- DAD
- Boys of Second Street Park