Kenneth Schwartz was a successful lawyer from Boston who was diagnosed with lung cancer at the young age of forty. Despite being successful in his career, Schwartz had no social relationships that had any substance. Because of this, he was in an especially fragile place to be dealing with such a grave illness. Thankfully his nurse and the rest of the medical staff assigned to treat him were very generous and kind. They all took the extra time to treat him like a human being, as opposed to just another faceless patients. Schwartz found the these random acts of kindness were far more beneficial to his health than any of the chemotherapy or other traditional treatment methods that he received. He was so touched by how kind the staff was that he set up a legacy at Massachusetts General Hospital, to try and further such compassionate health care.
