The Pathos Project Undergraduate Program and the
Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine
As an extension of the Pathos Project Undergraduate Program (PPUP) at Notre Dame, we share the same goals and values as the Pathos Project. PPUP strives to deepen:
For more information about the Pathos Project mission and services, visit www.pathos-project.org.
In addition, CCIM works in collaboration with the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine, established in 2004 to train compassionate health care professionals. The center originated from Ruth M. Hillebrand, a clinical psychologist in Manhattan, who from experience as a patient, understood the need for compassionate communication between patient and physician. Her terminal diagnosis was delivered through a short, late-night phone call from a physician, whom she had only met once and then hung up. In 1994, Mrs. Hillebrand passed away from mesothelioma, but her spirit and compassion continue to live on through the Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine. To learn more about Mrs. Hillebrand's story, click here.
For more information about the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine and their mission, visit http://compassionatecare.nd.edu.
- concepts of suffering, the medical enterprise and the nature of the person as the patient
- needs and expectations of patient compared with the duty and challenges of the physician
- formation process of physician, and the possibility of developing and retaining compassion in a culture of depersonalization
- spirituality in its potential to benefit the practice of medicine
- the institution of medicine: humor in medical practice and the concepts and interplay of biomedical reductionism, depersonalization, and personalism: finding an understanding between reductionism and personalism
For more information about the Pathos Project mission and services, visit www.pathos-project.org.
In addition, CCIM works in collaboration with the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine, established in 2004 to train compassionate health care professionals. The center originated from Ruth M. Hillebrand, a clinical psychologist in Manhattan, who from experience as a patient, understood the need for compassionate communication between patient and physician. Her terminal diagnosis was delivered through a short, late-night phone call from a physician, whom she had only met once and then hung up. In 1994, Mrs. Hillebrand passed away from mesothelioma, but her spirit and compassion continue to live on through the Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine. To learn more about Mrs. Hillebrand's story, click here.
For more information about the Ruth M. Hillebrand Center for Compassionate Care in Medicine and their mission, visit http://compassionatecare.nd.edu.