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Psychosocial and Spiritual Aspects of Palliative Care

In this course, you’ll learn how serious and life-threatening illnesses often affect emotional and spiritual well-being. Illnesses can increase stress as patients and families learn to live with a “new normal” that may often focus on illness. You’ll learn how to tell when normal sadness (or grief) becomes something more serious and needs to be addressed. People with serious illnesses also have social concerns as their family, friends and community support system becomes stretched, and sometimes fails. We’ll talk about resources and skills you can use to help support patients and families. You’ll learn about advance care planning, that includes shared decision-making, setting goals of care, and writing down plans for care.

Status: Patient Advocacy
Status: Patient Communication
BeginnerCourse15 hours

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VG

Reviewed Oct 21, 2021

T​his was absolutely amazing - I am so grateful for this learning for my clinical practice.

MB

Reviewed Apr 27, 2025

A good overview of some of the often overlooked aspects of palliatrive care. My only real complaint is that several of the reading had links that were no longer active or behind paywalls.

AW

Reviewed Nov 15, 2020

I learn a lot here to make me plan well for future use.

TB

Reviewed Jun 16, 2023

i learned some much information that can currently help me provide the best discharge planning for my memebers

MM

Reviewed Aug 7, 2020

It was good experience and I feel enjoying the method of presentation of the subject

JH

Reviewed Jul 12, 2020

Excellent information provided in understandable format.

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