On April 11 in Bennington, VT, CCM founders Celia and Bernard Bandman spoke about barriers and solutions to communicating with loved ones and physicians about end-of-life preferences. The presentation was part of the nationwide community educational programming associated with National Healthcare Decisions Day.
CCM Joins Forces with White River Junction VA for Pilot Study
The White River Junction VA Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School Institutional Review Boards have approved a pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of CCM’s Difficult Conversations Workbook materials in improving doctor-patient communication about prognosis, treatment choices and quality-of-life issues. Dr. Joseph O’Donnell, VA medical oncologist and Senior Advising Dean at Dartmouth Medical School, is […]
Vermont Community Foundation Supports “Difficult Conversations” Initiative
CCM has received a $10,000 grant from the Vermonters with Cancer Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation to educate advanced cancer patients, families and healthcare providers about the key role of communication in understanding treatment options and quality of life issues when cure is no longer possible.
CCM Receives Zakim Fund Grant
The Boston-based Lenny Zakim Fund has awarded CCM a $5,000 challenge grant to support the distribution of the Difficult Conversations Workbook in Massachusetts.
CCM Founders Present “Difficult Conversations” Framework at MD Anderson Cancer Center
CCM founders Dr. Bernard Bandman and Celia Engel Bandman were invited to speak to physicians and nurses about the use of their Difficult Conversations Workbook in clinical practice at the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.
CCM Founder Publishes on Medical Humanist Practice in Journal of Clinical Oncology
In her article “Art Informs Medicine,” Medical Humanist and CCM founder Celia Engel Bandman recounts the conversations she had—in her medical humanist capacity—with a prominent artist diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer.
CCM’s Medical Humanist Pilot Program Highlighted in The Permanente Journal
“Narrative Based Medicine: Potential, Pitfalls and Practice,” published in The Permanente Journal (Winter 2009) highlights the medical humanist communication model. The authors, Drs. Vera Kalitzkus and Peter Matthiessen, write that “A narrative approach to medicine will only succeed if ultimately it has a positive effect on daily practice instead of just adding to the already […]
CCM Founder Featured in “Living Well Beyond Cancer” Video
CCM founder Dr. Bernard Bandman was interviewed about communication with healthcare providers; self-advocacy; and “survivorship as opportunity” for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s “Living Well Beyond Cancer” video series. Dr. Kenneth Miller, Director of the Lance Armstrong Survivorship Program at Dana Farber, interviewed leading experts on issues that survivors face as they transition from active […]
CCM’s Medical Humanist Model Discussed in U.K.’s Postgraduate Medical Journal
Celia Engel Bandman’s discussion of her medical humanist work, “A Medical Humanist Says Goodbye,” which originally appeared in the July 9, 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), was cited by Dr. John Launer in the October 2008 issue of the London-based Postgraduate Medical Journal. In his article, “Learning Humanity,” Launer […]
CCM Founder Serving on Newly Formed National Psychosocial Cancer Care Alliance
CCM’s Executive Director, Dr. Bernard Bandman, is serving on the Education and Awareness Committee at the Alliance for Quality Psychosocial Cancer Care. Formed to advance the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine’s 2008 report on “Cancer Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Healthcare Needs,” the alliance is composed of healthcare professionals and advocacy groups […]