Case Panel Family Matters Effective Communication at the End of Life Its Worth It

Case Panel – Family Matters:  Effective Communication at the End-of-life (It's Worth It) 

Sue Bailey, RN CHPCN[c] / Geoff Davis, MD / Kathy Kortes-Miller, HBMT, MSW / Marg Poling, RN, BscN, PP&SMC, Lakehead University (Ontario, Canada)

Objectives:

  1. Participants will be able to describe the rationale behind the need for effective communication between palliative care practitioners, the patient and family members.
  2. Participants will be able to discuss the challenges in communicating effectively with families in end-of-life care.
  3. Participants will be able to provide recommendations and strategies for enhancing communication between family members, including the patient and palliative care practitioners.

 

 

Depression Question

Submitted by cdeboer on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 10:50.

In the video the question of depression was raised.   A couple of questions came from our group:

Is it always necessary to have a psych consult regarding clinical depression before a doctor can follow a patients wishes to end treatment or move into palliative/hospice care?

At what level of depression/clinical depression would a patient be deemed to be no longer be able to make decisions for themselves (moderate depression?; severe depression?, other?)

 

Depression

Submitted by lpisco on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 11:06.

At the end of this video the phsicain unfortunately failed to validate the mother's concerns and wishes for goals of care. That was the teaching point of the video. This lady is not depressed.

For further discussion on depression I would suggest you review the works of Dr. Harvey Chocinov and dignity conserving care.

G. Davis M.D.

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Linda Pisco

Video

Submitted by Sara Elizabeth on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 10:28.

How can I get a copy of the video?

Video Info - Family Matters Case Panel (Day 3)

Submitted by Karen on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 10:36.

We will be checking with Lakehead University for the video title, how it can be ordered, and possibility of uploading on Web site.

We can post a link or

Submitted by stacy on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 14:20.

We can post a link or ordering information on our resource page if you would like to send the information to us at ANTHC

Family Matters Panel - video

Submitted by lpisco on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 07:39.

The video we used for this project was developed by the Pallium Project. It is a part of the Clinical Communication in Hospice Palliative Care instruction video included in the Learning Essential Approaches to Palliative and End of Life Care (LEAP) Course. We use this 11 module, 13 hour course in Northwestern Ontario to deliver palliative care education to interdisciplinary palliative care providers. The full package (facilitator manual, participant manual, DVD etc.) is available on the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association website (chpca.net) in their CHPCA Marketplace.

 

All of the videos are also loaded up to Google video.The specific one that you are looking for is mounted at

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1330572894621755873

 

and it is downloadable in a format that can be used for video iPods and Quicktime playback on personal computers.

 

In sum, if you want some awareness of all Pallium Project related video accessible via the web please go to http://video.google.ca/ and search Pallium Project in the search string.

 

Linda Pisco

 

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Linda Pisco

Getting a copy of the video

Submitted by Sara Elizabeth on Thu, 05/07/2009 - 10:48.

Thank you.

No PowerPoint for Lakehead Case Panel 5-7-09

Submitted by Karen on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 14:05.

A PowerPoint presentation is not planned for the Lakehead University Case Panel discussion, as of 2:04 p.m., Wednesday, May 6, 2009 (ADT).