Don't be Unheard - an educational medical musical parody of We Are The World

Don’t Be Unheard – an educational medical musical parody of the iconic song We Are The World by USA for Africa. YOUR health is extremely important. It’s up to YOU to decide which treatments YOU TAKE. YOUR VOICE NEEDS TO HEARD.

LYRICS AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
James McCormack with help from Jamie Falk

ALL THE AMAZING VOCALS
JC Almeida
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IMAGES
Many of the images are from the amazing artist Malcolm Willett
See more of Malcolm's creations at mwillett.myportfolio.com
Other images when needed were purchased at freepix.com

FINE TUNING OF THE INFORMATION
As always, many wonderful friends and colleagues provided feedback
and suggestions on the content in a shared-decision way.
I thank them all with a huge virtual hug.

BACKING TRACK
Purchased and downloaded from http://www.karaoke-version.com

LYRICS
We’ve come to a time
Where we need a change for all
It’s your health, let’s work together as one

There are people trying
Oh and, we want to lend a hand, to your heath
The greatest gift of all

We can't go on
Pretending day-by-day
That someone other than you, can decide on change
We're all a part, of this decision strategy
Evidence, experience and your values are all we need

Don’t be unheard
We are all patients
We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day with this decision
There's a choice your making
It's all about your life
It's true we'll make a better day for you and me

Well, let’s get it right from the start
Because your voice defines your care
And ordering test after test won’t set you free
As time has shown us, lessens fear
And so we are here to lend a helping hand

Don’t be unheard
We are all patients
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day with this decision
There's a choice your making
It’s all about your life
It's true we'll make a better day, for you and me

Let’s talk about the benefits and the harms
Embracing your preferences really is the charm
Well, well, well, well, let us realize
Oh, that a change should only come
When we stand together as one.

Don’t be unheard
We are all patients
We are the ones who'll make a brighter day with this decision
There's a choice your making
It’s all about your life
It's true we'll make a better day, for you and me

Copyright Issues
1. The original song is the classic 1985 song We Are The World
2. In Canada we have a law that states the use of copyrighted material as part of "Fair dealing for the purpose of research, private study, education, parody or satire does not infringe copyright"
3. The use is solely for non-commercial purposes
4. The use is solely for the purposes of education - promoting the concept of shared decision making that is essential if health care is to work for YOU
5. It is parody as it equates the original context of the song – a VERY important message about African famine to the importance of YOUR voice being heard when it comes to YOUR health
6. Substantive transformative changes have been made - new lyrics and vocals