I really enjoyed Dr. Fred Grewe’s lecture on existential distress. Thought provoking to discuss the value of this type of distress in patients with life limiting conditions. Over the past fifteen years as a hospital / hospice chaplain he has travelled with about 3,000 folks who were dying, and the most significant issue encountered inContinue reading “The Value of Existential Distress”
Category Archives: Grand Rounds
Medical Aid in Dying
Click the picture above to listen to Dr. Plumer’s lecture on Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). You’ll learn the complex landscape of this topic, the pitfalls, and the procedures.
Ethics at the End of Life
Dr. Marks joined the HAPC Virtual Didactics to talk about Ethics at the End of Life. We discussed the difficult ethical issues in the context of some challenging cases. Click on his picture if you’re interested in listening!
Spiritual Assessment
I was overjoyed to talk to Reverend Jerry Fonte, pictured above being awarded our fellowship award for Outstanding and Compassionate Care in Interdisciplinary Medicine. Rev. Fonte is a staff chaplain at Prisma Health and integral member of our interdisciplinary team. Check out his lecture on the Spiritual Assessment!
The Art of Tender Conversations
It was such a neat time having Dr. Kathryn Mannix discuss the art of the tender conversation with the group at HAPC Virtual Didactics. She used the metaphor of conversations as a dance, leading and following (and sometimes stepping on each others’ toes) to describe the push and pull of conversations. Click the embedded linkContinue reading “The Art of Tender Conversations”