Living on the Edge: Responding to Requests for "Therapies of Last Resort"
Overview
Case demonstrating compassionate, patient-centered responses to patients who who request medical aid in dying. Addresses clinicians' potential moral distress raised in such cases.
Presented by Gregg VandeKieft, MD, MA, and Denise Hess, MDiv, December 2018.
Slides
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Denise Hess, MDiv, BCC-PCHAC
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Gregg VandeKieft, MD, MA
Medical Director for Palliative Care
Providence St. Joseph Institute for Human Caring