This month on the Lois Green Learning Community – after a long haitus – we will discuss and explore the role of spirituality in palliative care.  I have been inspired by my chaplain colleagues, as well as by some physicians who have been delving into this arena through various forms of reflection rounds and Schwartz presentations.

The goals of the month:

1-    Review the definitions and the evaluation of spirituality and spiritual suffering;

2-    Reflect on the role that spirituality may play in self-care of clinicians in the field of hospice & palliative care;

3-    Address the interplay between spirituality and total pain.

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