Harnessing the Power of the Arts for End-of-Life Care
We encourage all visitors to take the free, accredited e-learning course Harnessing the Power of the Arts for End-of-Life Care on the myCME platform. Using compelling videos, intimate personal stories, and moving imagery, the course, relevant to healthcare professionals, hospice workers, and caregivers offers guidance and inspiration for using the Arts as a tool for supporting patients’ beliefs, traditions, and customs in innovative and meaningful ways. The course takes about an hour and a half to complete, and offers the learner 1.75 continuing education credits.
Healthcare Workers
If you are a healthcare professional seeking insight into ways to address patients and families confronting end-of-life situations:
ABCD Cultural Assessment Model for End-of-Life Care
Approaches to Death in Diverse Cultures
Your Health, Your Values
Barriers to Conversations about the difficulties individuals of different backgrounds and new immigrants have negotiating the healthcare system
Letting Go
A video with Yoruba priest Michael Manswell
Path of the Spirit
Perspectives on Death and Dying with Native Americans Keith Bear and Mary Louise Defender Wilson
The Spirit Ambulance
A journey into decision-making at the end of life in Thailand, where families attempt to craft good deaths for their elders in the face of clashing ethical frameworks