Interprofessional Education: Dying and Death
This session was quite intriguing and again was able to break many of the misconceptions about end-of-life care and dying.
It's important to keep in mind that during these times as a healthcare professional, you connect with families and patients to find out what's important to them. It's about sitting with them (literally) and being there as a human being. It's almost as the importance of considering their perspective is as important as the care you want to provide.
Pain and grief can come from many sources: social, spiritual and psychological to name a few.
People often want hope and meaning upon their death. Although some times a cure is not possible, they would like their last days to be of quality to them.
Double awareness: seeing death as good and bad. This enables you to find better responses of what you have found to be important to people in end-of-life care.
Be aware of your own attitudes and how they might fit into the team (including patients, families and colleagues). You don't want to say the wrong thing, so make sure you know what's important to patients.
End-of-life care is highly individualized and is not an illness, but rather a process. As healthcare professionals, we must support as we can.
It is important to note that suffering and pain are differentiated. Suffering may involve pain, but is more so in an emotional context.
Suffering can end once meaning is found. That we loved what we've created and a legacy is found from within.
Spirituality is the search for meaning. These can stem from values, relationships.
During end-of-life care, having multiple conversations is extremely important. Thoughts change very frequently and at any time.
Ultimately, death can become a positive experience, although the outcome is quite sad.
How Different Faiths Approcah Dying and Death
Dying and Death Bibliography
It's important to keep in mind that during these times as a healthcare professional, you connect with families and patients to find out what's important to them. It's about sitting with them (literally) and being there as a human being. It's almost as the importance of considering their perspective is as important as the care you want to provide.
Pain and grief can come from many sources: social, spiritual and psychological to name a few.
People often want hope and meaning upon their death. Although some times a cure is not possible, they would like their last days to be of quality to them.
Double awareness: seeing death as good and bad. This enables you to find better responses of what you have found to be important to people in end-of-life care.
Be aware of your own attitudes and how they might fit into the team (including patients, families and colleagues). You don't want to say the wrong thing, so make sure you know what's important to patients.
End-of-life care is highly individualized and is not an illness, but rather a process. As healthcare professionals, we must support as we can.
It is important to note that suffering and pain are differentiated. Suffering may involve pain, but is more so in an emotional context.
Suffering can end once meaning is found. That we loved what we've created and a legacy is found from within.
Spirituality is the search for meaning. These can stem from values, relationships.
During end-of-life care, having multiple conversations is extremely important. Thoughts change very frequently and at any time.
Ultimately, death can become a positive experience, although the outcome is quite sad.
How Different Faiths Approcah Dying and Death
Dying and Death Bibliography
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