Individualizing End-of-Life Care: Cultural Considerations
 

Program number three
 in the series of six
One contact hour of CE
Running time: sixty minutes

  
Program Faculty:
  • ETIENNE PHIPPS, PhD-Director, Ethics and Health Policy Initiatives, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network- Germantown Community Health Services; Associate Professor (Medicine) at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
  • CYNDA RUSHTON, DNSc, RN, FAAN-Assistant Professor of Nursing, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Ethics, Coordinator, Pediatric Palliative Care Program Faculty, Phoebe Berman Bioethics Institute, The Johns Hopkins University and Children's Center Baltimore, MD
  • MARIANNE MATZO, PhD, RN, GNP, CS-New Hampshire Community Technical College, Manchester, CT
  • CHRISTINE GRADY, RN, PhD, FAAN-Head, Section on Human Subjects Research, Department of Bioethics, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, NIH
Description:
  • Incorporating cultural influences into end of life care and the death event
  • Spiritual beliefs
  • Mourning and Bereavement
  • Family values African American, Native American, Hispanic, Japanese Americans
Audience:
The entire nursing profession. The end of life is recognized as an important phase of life, one in which individuals have the right to expect freedom from distressing symptoms and assistance in attaining the highest possible quality of life. Unfortunately for many Americans, end-of-life care is fragmented, painful, and emotionally distressing; with unnecessary transitions between health care institutions and with significant demands placed on the family. Many efforts are underway to improve care at the end of life including those by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to improve education of practitioners related to end of life care and the National Institute of Nursing Research to advance the science of end of life care. This six hour video series features expert clinicians and researchers who will highlight opportunities health care providers have to deliver optimal end-of-life care.
           
   

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