Dr. Amy N. Ship, whose sons were born with serious illnesses, gained firsthand knowledge about the importance of compassionate care.
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
DR. AMY N. SHIP | G Force
Ask Dr. Amy N. Ship to define compassion and she hesitates, reluctant to reduce its complexity to a greeting-card sentiment. She has just won the Compassionate Caregiver Award from the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, a Boston-based foundation that honors clinicians for humanizing medical care. Ship practices internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where her patients and their families ... (Full article: 506 words)
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