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Religion, Spirituality, and End of Life Care

Primary Author: Sara J. Knight, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

This is Module 14 of EndLink: Resource for End of Life Care Education, developed as an educational resource for health professionals involved in end-of-life care. Funded by a National Cancer Institute grant.

Date Last Modified 03/25/2004 Website

Information needs at the end of life: a content analysis of one person's story

Primary Author: Lynda M. Baker, Wayne State University

Article from the Journal of the Medical Library Association (volume 92, issue 1) describing the nature of nature of information needed at the end of life. Four categories of needs were identified, including physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial, and information needs germane to each category were identified.

Date Last Modified 01/01/2004 Article

IPPC Curriculum: Responding to Suffering and Bereavement

Primary Author: IPPC: The Initiative for Pediatric Palliative Care

Part of a complete curriculum for health care practitioners working in pediatric palliative care, this module "aims to enhance the ability of health care professionals to recognize, validate and respond to suffering in children, parents, and family members." A facilitator's guide, slide presentations, and activities are included, with an order form for videos.

Date Last Modified 12/31/2003 Course curriculum

Standford End-of-Life Care Curriculum for Medical Teachers

Primary Author: Stanford Faculty Development Center

A complete end-of-life care curriculum designed for small groups of 6-8. A teacher's handbook and 8 modules are provided as PowerPoint slides, with teachers' notes on both the content and teaching process. View the PowerPoint presentation in HTML form or download the PowerPoint files to your own computer.

Module 7, Psychiatric Issues and Spirituality, discusses common forms of mental and emotional suffering that can arise at the end of life (depression, anxiety, terminal confusion, grief, and physician losses) and focuses on spiritual aspects of care with skills practice using a spiritual assessment tool.

Date Last Modified 09/01/2003 Course curriculum, Faculty Development materials, Lecture presentation, Website

Palliative Care Perspectives: Chapter 7: Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Care

Primary Author: James L. Hallenbeck, Stanford University and VA Palo Alto Health Care System

This is chapter 7 of the book Palliative Care Perspectives, published by Oxford University Press. This chapter covers spirituality in relation to palliative care, the FICA spiritual assessment tool, depression, anxiety, grief, and bereavement, among other topics.

Date Last Modified 06/01/2003 Report/Document/Book chapter