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The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare (informally the Schwartz Center; formerly the ''Kenneth B. Schwartz Center'' or ''KBS'') is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting compassion and understanding between patients and caregivers. The Center was founded in 1994 by the family of Kenneth Schwartz, a successful Boston lawyer who was unexpectedly diagnosed with terminal cancer in his early 40s. The Center is dedicated to honoring Ken's memory and encouraging the kind of compassionate and patient-centric healthcare which was of such great comfort to him during his final days. Operating under the umbrella of Massachusetts General Hospital, the Center is the progenitor of Schwartz Center rounds, a healthcare practice wherein caregivers are provided "a regularly scheduled time during their fast-paced work lives to openly and honestly discuss social and emotional issues that arise in caring for patients."〔http://www.theschwartzcenter.org/ViewPage.aspx?pageId=20〕 The Center is also involved in supporting clinical pastoral education, issuing grants, and recognizing doctors and caregivers whose compassionate commitment to their patients had a positive clinical and spiritual effect on their treatment. == History == ''This text taken under fair use guidelines from http://www.theschwartzcenter.org/aboutus/background.aspx'' Rooted in the experience of one patient, the Center has grown into an organization addressing the universal concerns of many. In November 1994, Boston health care attorney Kenneth Schwartz was diagnosed with lung cancer. His case was riddled with terrible ironies. He was only 40 and a nonsmoker. He ate well and exercised regularly. During his 10-month ordeal, Ken came to realize that what matters most during an illness is the human connection with professional caregivers. He wrote movingly about his illness and care in an article for The Boston Globe Magazine, “A Patient’s Story.” In it, he reminds caregivers to stay in the moment with patients and how “the smallest acts of kindness made the unbearable bearable.” The piece has become a touchstone for the Center and readers all over the country. At the end of his life Ken outlined the organization he wanted created. It would be a center that would nurture the compassion in medicine, encouraging the sorts of caregiver-patient relationships that made all the difference to him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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