When You Are the Patient
Compassionate self-advocacy
Eliciting compassion is not the patient's job. It has never been the patient's job. This page offers field guidance for living inside the gap while the system is being improved.
13 videos, ranked by the credibility of the source. Each opens on the host site in a new tab.
From medical and academic institutions
Universities, academic medical centers, professional bodies and recognized nonprofits, on their own channels.
YouTube29 minTier 1Guided Practice: Self-CompassionAmanda Mahoney, MA, Compassion InstituteCourtesy of compassioninstitute.com
YouTube33 minTier 1Guided Practice: Settling the MindLakiba Pittman, MA, Compassion InstituteCourtesy of compassioninstitute.com
YouTube5 minTier 1Shared Decision Making at Mayo ClinicVictor Montori, MD, Mayo Clinic
YouTube14 minTier 1Care That Fits: Shared Decision MakingMarleen Kunneman, PhD, Mayo Clinic
YouTube7 minTier 1Questions Are the AnswerAHRQ Patient Safety
YouTube6 minTier 1The art of being present: Can MDs be better listeners?Stanford Medicine
YouTube6 minTier 1The Three Components of Self-CompassionKristin Neff, PhD, Greater Good Science Center
YouTube4 minTier 1Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient CareCleveland Clinic
Videos marked "Courtesy of compassioninstitute.com" are shared from the free media library of compassioninstitute.com.
TED, TEDx and TEDMED
Talks by credentialed experts on official TED channels.
Media, podcasts and other sources
Established media, podcasts and experts' own channels.
Coming soonOriginal Practical Compassion episodes on being the patient.
Care differently, not less.