Conversations in Ethics: Judaism and End-of-Life Care

April 21, 2021

Rapid changes and advancements in medical science, technology and the delivery of healthcare have all contributed to end-of-life becoming a medical event requiring physicians, patients and family members to make complex and challenging decisions. Join us to hear Rabbi David Albert discuss how Judaism approaches and addresses some of these very challenging end-of-life decisions.

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Target Audience

Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Social Workers, Respiratory Therapists, Clinical Chaplains, Pharmacists and techs, Medical Students and other interested healthcare professionals. 

Learning Objectives

  • Describe how Jewish law approaches the four cardinal values of secular medical ethics.
  • Identify key scriptural texts that inform Jewish bioethics.
  • Recognize how Judaism informs end-of-life decision making. 
  • Provide care that is appropriate and sensitive to the Jewish patient’s spiritual and ethical beliefs.
Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Course opens: 
03/24/2021
Course expires: 
06/26/2021
Event starts: 
04/21/2021 - 12:00pm EDT
Event ends: 
04/21/2021 - 1:00pm EDT
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FL
United States

Rabbi David Albert
Senior Staff Chaplain
South Miami Hospital Pastoral Care Department

Due to the nonclinical nature of the content discussed, the speaker has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

This CME activity will not cover content that would involve products or services of commercial interests. Therefore, no opportunity exists for a conflict of interest based on the financial relationships of faculty and those persons in control of content. Since these relationships are not relevant, no disclosure information was collected.
 

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Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-126977, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and techs, Clinical Chaplain, Occupational Therapists and Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Mental Health Counselors
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
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