Culture & End of Life Care: Conversations with Patients and Families

Learning Objectives

As a result of completing this activity, the participant will be better able to:

  • Compare methods of giving bad news to a patient.
  • Consider ways to respond when a patient is overwhelmed and raises questions that are difficult to answer.
  • Identify a series of steps that physicians can take to examine and address their own emotions in order to preserve the quality of patient care and protect the physician's well-being.
  • Elicit information from family members to clarify the incapacitated patient's motivations when she completed a living will.
  • Sort the facts surrounding an ethical question in an end-of-life situation.
  • Develop and consider options for resolving ethical issues.
  • Give advice to patients about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM )based on evidence.
  • Negotiate treatment plans with patients who elect to use CAM along with conventional care.
  • Monitor patients' usage of CAM.

Additional Information

Partner: 
Virtual Lecture Hall
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABMS MOC II
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
11/01/2019
Course expires: 
10/31/2025
Cost:
$25.00
Rating: 
0

About the Author

Eileen Van Schaik, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Talaria, Inc.
Clinical Assistant Faculty
Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems, University of Washington School of Nursing

Following an earlier career as a registered nurse, Dr. Van Schaik taught anthropology and conducted ethnographic evaluation research as a visiting lecturer and research assistant professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for six years. She joined Talaria in 2002, and is the principal investigator for five completed and three ongoing SBIR grants. Dr. Van Schaik enjoys translating her nursing experience and expertise in anthropology into multimedia resources for healthcare providers, patients, and families. Currently, Dr. Van Schaik is also a clinical assistant professor in Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems at the University of Washington.

 

Additional Contributors

Amy Baernstein, MD
Associate Professor, Medicine / General Internal Medicine
University of Washington

Laurie Fronek
Writer

Diane Timberlake, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Family Medicine
Harborview Medical Center

 

Disclosure: The author and contributors state that they do not have any financial arrangements that could constitute a conflict of interest.

ACCME/AMA PRA Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson and Talaria, Inc.. The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM

1.00 Part II MOC points are available for these specialty board(s) (Optional):

American Board of Internal Medicine

  • Credit Type: Medical Knowledge
  • Practice Areas: Hospice and Palliative Medicine

 

MOC Recognition Statement(s)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 Medical Knowledge Part II MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.


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Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABMS MOC II
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Price

Cost:
$25.00
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