A Catholic Health Care Perspective on End-of-Life Care
The 2nd National Congress
San Antonio, Texas
January 2006
"This was the best conference I ever attended."
"Thank you so much for the rich, diverse educational offering."
"You've helped us believe in the difference we can make."
Now you can bring these exceptional presentations to your own care setting.
Supportive Care Coaltion's most recent conference brought together a distinquished faculty to explore challenges to providing excellent end-of-life care. Subjects ranged from addressing the needs of African Americans to honoring the spiritual needs of care givers and patients alike. Catholics and non-Catholics working in Catholic health care settings benefitted from discussions of the Catholic tradition in care of the dying, including implications for such difficult areas as terminal sedation and withholding and withdrawing treatment. Model palliative care programs from diverse settings--from intensive care units to long term care--were showcased.
The program brochure RecoveringOurTraditionsconf.pdf is a helpful resource for determining which presentations might be of particular interest to you.
DVD and CD/audio recordings are available for nominal fees from Veranda Communications, Inc.
PowerPoint presentations are available for most sessions and can be used to augment the recordings. Click on the titles below to bring up the presentation you are interested in.
These presentations are grouped by general topic:
Catholic Tradition / Palliative Care
Cultural Competency
Model Programs / Program Development
Spirituality / Healing Presence