Spirituality and Medicine: Preserving Human Dignity at the End of Life – Cultural, Social and Religious Perspectives

The slogan “Death and Dignity” is frequently used with reference to a human death. Yet it is an ambiguous and often confusing concept. Rabbi David Albert addresses different meanings of human dignity, personhood and the value of life. This course will deepen your bioethical vocabulary and teach practical skills that better support patients to live, and die, with dignity.

Target Audience

Physicians and Psychologists, Chaplains, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Nurses who provide care for dying patients and their families.  

 

Learning Objectives

  • Define the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) definition of “good death.”
  • Analyze the importance of cultural competency when treating a patient at end-of-life.
  • Identify steps that help promote human dignity.
  • Apply IOM’s evidence-based recommendations for end-of-life care.
Additional information
Bibliography: 

Chochinov, H. M. (2006). Dying, Dignity, and New Horizons in Palliative End‐of‐Life Care. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 56(2), 84-103.

Chochinov, H. M., Kristjanson, L. J., Hack, T. F., Hassard, T., McClement, S., & Harlos, M. (2006). Dignity therapy in the terminally ill: Revisited. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9, 666-672.

Krause, N. (2010). The social milieu of the church and religious coping responses: A longitudinal investigation of older whites and older blacks. The International journal for the psychology of religion, 20(2), 109-129.

UNESCO, 2011. Casebook on Benefit and Harm, Bioethics Core Curriculum Casebook Series, No. 1, UNESCO: Paris, 144 pp.

Pargament, K. I., Mahoney, A. E., & Shafranske, E. P. (2013). APA handbook of psychology, religion, and spirituality (Vol 2): An applied psychology of religion and spirituality. American Psychological Association.

Ogden, J. A. (2005). Fractured minds: A case-study approach to clinical neuropsychology. Oxford University Press.

Available Topics

Transforming Moral Distress to Moral Resilience: One of Our Toughest Pediatric Cases

Moral distress is commonly experienced by healthcare professionals when faced with ethically challenging end-of-life cases.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
Course opens: 
11/01/2015
Course expires: 
11/01/2019

Rabbi David Albert, D.Min. BCC
Senior Staff Chaplain
South Miami Hospital 
Pastoral Care Services

Rabbi David Albert, D.Min. BCC, indicated that neither he nor his spouse/partner has relevant financial relationships with commercial interest companies, and he will not include off-label or unapproved product usage in his presentations or discussions. 

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. 

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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 enduring material 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.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance

Accreditation Period

Course opens: 
11/01/2015
Course expires: 
11/01/2019
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