It draws its name from Ken Schwartz, the man whose idea for kindness in health care led to the creation of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare in 1995 based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Schwartz, a healthcare lawyer, came up with the idea in 1994 while receiving treatment for advanced lung cancer, and reflecting on the human connection between caregivers and patients. In articles for the Boston Globe Magazine, he wrote that "small acts of kindness" make "the unbearable bearable". He set up the Schwartz Center just before his death with an aim to nurture compassion in healthcare and encourage the sort of caregiver-patient relationships that made the difference to him.
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