PALC 650 UNDERSTANDING THE FOUNDATION OF PALLIATIVE CARE: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE FUTURE
Participants explore the history of 20th century health care and learn how a rejection of the prevailing paradigms of that era led to the hospice movement. The course traces the early growth of hospice care in the United States culminating in the Medicare Hospice Benefit. Students learn about the early concepts of palliative care and the movement to transform it into a subspecialty for physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and pharmacists, as leadership with clear vision to motivate and inspire others and to build healthy work environments, has led to new models of palliative care. Finally, participants will explore the strengths and weaknesses of the current environment of hospice and palliative care, and - based on lessons learned during this evolution - will propose a more effective system of care for those near the end-of-life.
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