Interview with Leilani Schweitzer

Leilani Schweitzer works at Stanford Children's Hospital, guiding families and medical providers through discussions after difficult outcomes--informed by her own experience losing her son due to a medical error in that same hospital. In this episode, she shares her insights on honesty, forgiveness, and knowing our boundaries as we care for others. A must-listen for those who work in healthcare, in-house attorneys, and anyone who doesn't know what to say when faced with someone going through an unspeakable loss. See Leilani's TED Talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmaY9DEzBzI. She was also featured on the TED Radio Hour's episode on transparency, available here: https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/567499335/transparency and on RadioLab, available here: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/radiolab-apologetical. You can see Leilani's incredible artwork on her website, https://www.verachroma.com, and her instagram, https://www.instagram.com/verachroma/.