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, fami...