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Tags: 2005, a cancer patient at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) founded The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center at MGH. The Schwartz Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing compassionate health care delivery, a monthly multidisciplinary forum where caregivers reflect on important psychosocial issues faced by patients, Adolescent Adolescent Behavior/psychology AdultAttitude to Death Child Child Behavior/psychology Child, and gain insight and support from fellow staff members. For many, and their caregivers, Backlog, cancer is synonymous with death. Fearing death is a rational response. For too long, Chabner BA, clinicians recognize and address end-of-life issues, Giansiracusa D, is reviewed., Journal Article, Kenneth B. Schwartz, Lynch TJ, medicine has ignored this primeval fear. Increasingly, Oncologist, particularly in regard to challenging fear, Partridge RA, PedPal Lit, Penson RT, Preschool Empathy Fear/psychology Humans Middle Aged Neoplasms/psychology Oncologic Nursing Palliative Care/psychology Professional-Patient Relations Religion and Medicine Spirituality Terminal Care/psychology%X Shortly before his death in 1995, Shah MA, the role of the health care provider in the dying process, their families, which provides hope to the patient and support to caregivers and encourages the healing process. The center sponsors the Schwartz Center Rounds