THE DYING PROCESS, GRIEF, AND BEREAVEMENT (UNIT III)

Course overview

Gain practical guidance on evidence based palliative practices to manage common symptoms accompanying advanced diseases and provide competent and compassionate end of life care. Course Objectives: * Explain key ethical questions that arise in the transition to and within a palliative care plan. * Describe how to assess for and attend to different cultural and spiritual perspectives. * Identify interdisciplinary approaches for end-of-life care. * Differentiate between atypical and typical responses to loss. * Describe interventions that support a healthy grief reaction.