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End-of-Life Ethics: Communication with Patients and Families
Price range: $25.95 through $135.00
Using a case study approach, this course addresses some of the ethical challenges that arise when communicating with patients and families about end-of-life care. The course also provides skills and knowledge to enhance clinical practice through an examination of common challenging situations that can occur when caring for people near life’s end.
Continuing Education
Professional CE hours included with registration; choose your certificate type below.
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Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Describe the benefits and challenges of good communication and advance care planning with patient care.
- Examine the gray areas in hospice care, especially when family dynamics, patient wishes, and communication keep shifting, and at times conflict with each other.
- Recognize when hospice may not consistently align with a patient’s changing/evolving values, priorities, beliefs, or emotions.
- Define the ethical principles related to patient autonomy and decision-making capacity in the context of complex psychosocial interactions.
- Express communication skills by analyzing complex ethical challenges during end-of-life care planning.
- Explaining application and role for moral relativity and fidelity at end of life.
- Recognize “elderspeak” and its negative effects on interactions between care providers and patients.
- Apply ethical principles to mitigate the negative effects of elderspeak and support patient autonomy and integrity.
