About Empathy
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Season 5 Episode 6: Making Space for non-physical suffering - Dr Maxxine Rattner
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Maxxine Rattner is a hospice/palliative care clinician and educator who recently completed her PhD on the topic of non-physical suffering. In this...
Season 5 Episode 5: Cultural humility in healthcare - Dr Zhimeng Jia
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Zhimeng Jia is a palliative care physician at the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care in Toronto. Through a combination of personal and ...
Season 5 Episode 4: Wrap Around Support: Caring for the Seriously Ill Child - Dr Dave Lysecki
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. David Lysecki is the Founder and Medical Director of the Quality of Life & Advanced Care Program at McMaster Children's Hospital. In this epis...
Season 5 Episode 3: Finding Joy in Every Day: When your child is diagnosed with a terminal illness - Mishi Methven
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shortly after Mishi Methven and her partner Aimee’s daughter Stella turned two, they were given the devastating news that Stella only had months to ...
Season 5 Episode 2: Through the Patient’s Lens: Advocacy from the Inside - Julie Vizza
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Julie Vizza was born with a multifaceted genetic condition, beta thalassemia-major. She joins the podcast today to discuss her journey in the healthca...
Season 5 Episode 1: Breaking the Barriers of Ableism - Billy Bridges
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Billy Bridges shares his inspiring ideas for addressing Ableism with empathy and offers a rallying cry for disability advocacy. Billy...
Season 4 Episode 6: Doctor as Patient - Serena Tejpar
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the young age of 18, Serena Tejpar was injured in a car collision as a backseat passenger that left her in critical condition with almost no chance...
Season 4 Episode 5: Brian’s Story: Living Fully and Completely - Brian Smith
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 2022, Brian Smith’s life was profoundly changed by a diagnosis of metastatic cancer. In this episode, Brian shares his experiences of living with...
Season 4 Episode 4: Person-Centered Care Pearls: A Conversation with Dr. Harvey Chochinov (Part 2)
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this 2 part episode, we chat about the importance of compassionate and dignity conserving care. He provides the learners with many pearls on how to...
Season 4 Episode 3: Person-Centered Care Pearls: A Conversation with Dr. Harvey Chochinov (Part 1)
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this 2 part episode, we chat about the importance of compassionate and dignity conserving care. He provides the learners with many pearls on how to...
Season 4 Episode 2: Compassionate virtual care during a pandemic - Anat Baron
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Season 4 Episode 1: A Father's Legacy - Mitchell Consky
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mitchell Consky is a Toronto- based journalist. His work has been published in the Globe and Mail, CTV News and other international news outlets. Mitc...
Season 3 Episode 8: Spiritual Care Support
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season 3 Episode 7: Advanced Care Planning
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even when an Advance Care Plan is in place, Dr Maria Muraca learned that unforeseen circumstances can come up. Maria was the Power of Attorney for her...
Season 3 Episode 6: Addiction, Recovery, and the Health Care System
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season 3 Episode 5: Gun Control Advocacy
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Doctors for Protection from Guns https://www.doctorsforprotectionfromguns.ca
Season 3 Episode 4: Children and Grief - Part Two
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Season 3 Episode 3: Physician Wellness & Trauma in COVID-19
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Season 3 Episode 2: Combating Systemic Racism in Health Care
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last year, the impact of systemic racism in healthcare has come into sharper focus. From racialized populations being disproportionately impa...
Season 3 Episode 1: Grieving and Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey (Greenberg) is here today to tell us about her father who lived with Multiple Sclerosis in a long-term care facility since 2014. During the pan...
Episode 6: Understanding Children's Grief - Part One
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For more information on Andrea’s work: https://andreawarnick.com
Episode 5: Approaching Empathy on a Systems Level
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4: Getting Personal
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Get to know our hosts https://www.aboutempathy.com/about-hosts
Episode 3: Medical Assistance In Dying - Part 2 A Patient's Story
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 2 of 2 episodes on Medical Assistance in Dying. Part 1 is a discussion with doctors who provide the treatment.
Episode 2: Medical Assistance In Dying - Part 1 Physician's Experience
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 1 of 2 episodes on Medical Assistance in Dying. Part 2 will feature an interview from a patient.
Episode 1: A New Normal? Reflections On Life With Cancer
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gill Deacon has returned to Here and Now which can be heard weekdays 3-6pm, on CBC Radio 99.1FM. She has written a memoir Naked Imperfection, and a na...
Episode 8: Finding Meaning and Preserving Dignity
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Emotional or existential distress is not as easily noticed in patients with serious illness. Dr. Jennifer Moore is a palliative medicine consultant, s...
Episode 7: Finding Balance in Dual Roles
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When faced with serious illness, patients and caregivers take on new roles. Those who work in health care are in a unique position when becoming a car...
Episode 6: Authentic Relationships
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When faced with bad news, it can be difficult to speak to others leading to interactions that are inauthentic. Euphemisms, platitudes, and missed effo...
Episode 5: Caring for Caregiver
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When caring for a loved one with serious illness, caregivers focus intensely on the patient. Without checking in on the caregiver, the health care tea...
Episode 4: Palliative Care and Compassion Fatigue
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Daphna Grossman is a palliative care physician at North York General Hospital in Toronto ON. Describing her journey to palliative care, Daphna spea...
Episode 3: Looking Back
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Susan shares her experience of taking care of her Dad as his cancer progressed. She learned the strong will he had. He was a person who didn’t compl...
Episode 2: Survivorship and Hope
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Aviva describes both the relief and fear of completing active treatment for marginal zone lymphoma. Survivorship, life after disease, has been an emot...
Episode 1: Gratitude
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On their 22nd wedding anniversary, Sholom discusses the palliative care of his late wife, Erminia. Erminia made the graceful decision to transition to...