Posted in Compassion, Hospice on Sep 21st, 2011
Compassionate End-of-Life Care, a specialized 3-day contemplative skills training retreat for professional health care workers and trained volunteers offered by Rigpa’s Spiritual Care Program.
The Spiritual Care Program, an international education, care, and outreach program of Rigpa, integrates the widom practices of Buddhism, and particularly Tibetan Buddhism, and with modern systems of care.
This training intensive introduces [...]
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Posted in Compassion, Death & Dying, Hospice, Medical Education, Mindfulness in Medicine, Palliative Care, Social Action / Engaged Buddhism, The Bodhisattva Ideal, Tibetan Tradition, for nurses on Oct 28th, 2010
At the Bahia Resort: 998 W. Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA 92109
With Sogyal Rinpoche
Author of the highly-acclaimed The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Understanding the Mind: the Key to Peace & Happiness - A Public Talk
November 26 at 7pm | Admission $20, Students $10
The Secret of Meditation & How to Actually Practice It - [...]
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Palliative and Supportive Care (2009), 7, 405–414.
CYNDA HYLTON RUSHTON, PH.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., DEBORAH E. SELLERS, PH.D.,
KAREN S. HELLER, PH.D., BEVERLY SPRING, B.A., M.D.,
BARBARA M. DOSSEY, PH.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.,
AND JOAN HALIFAX, PH.D.
ABSTRACT
Objective: Health care professionals report a lack of skills in the psychosocial and spiritual
aspects of caring for dying people and high levels of moral distress, [...]
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May 21, 2010 — May 28, 2010
Instructors: Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD * Ben Daitz, MD * Cynda Hylton Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN * Susan Benjamin, MA * Tony Back, MD and Mary Taylor
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This revolutionary and practical training program for health care professionals gives essential tools for work with dying people and [...]
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In Dharma in Hell, prison activist and meditation teacher Fleet Maull shares his journey of transformation and service amidst the anger, violence, darkness and despair of a maximum security federal prison. This collection of previously published and unpublished writings from his 14 years behind bars vibrates with kindness, hope and the [...]
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Posted in Hospice on Apr 9th, 2010
Qual Health Res. 2005 Dec;15(10):1329-44.
Bruce A, Davies B.
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Abstract
In this interpretive study, the authors explore the experience of mindfulness among hospice caregivers who regularly practice mindfulness meditation at a Zen hospice. They explore meditative awareness constituted within themes of meditation-in-action, abiding in liminal [...]
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May 16, 2010 — May 23, 2010 at the Upaya Institute, NM
This revolutionary and practical training program for health care professionals gives essential tools for work with dying people and their families. Designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, hospice workers, and clergy, the training covers core issues related to dying, death, and grieving; ethical issues in end-of-life care and [...]
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from J Cancer Educ. 2006 Spring;21(1):30-4
Borod M.
Division of Palliative Care, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4. manuel.borod@muhc.mcgill.ca
Humor and laughter have been thought to be beneficial for thousands of years. Although much has been written on this subject, there is very little written about the actual use of humor in [...]
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from the journal, Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2009 Apr 24
Downey L, Engelberg RA, Standish LJ, Kozak L, Lafferty WE.
University of Washington.
Improving end-of-life care is a priority in the United States, but assigning priorities for standard care services requires evaluations using appropriate study design and appropriate outcome indicators. A recent randomized controlled trial with terminally [...]
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(Jul 10, 2009 — Jul 12, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=280)
This retreat is for professional and family caregivers, those with life-threatening illness and those wishing to explore approaches to end-of-life care and issues related to dying and death. Participants will explore our views of pain, suffering, mortality, and freedom from suffering; perspectives on our encounter with [...]
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