Selection of TED Talks focused on the care of the dying.
Discussion Overview and Prompts:
This week your prep work consisted of watching a selection of TED Talks focused on the care of the dying. You heard from people working with patients at end-of-life and how doing so transformed their world views. A few key takeaways from these TED Talks include:
Acknowledgment that at end-of-life, physical wounds cannot be cured, but spiritual wounds CAN be attended to.
The value of self-reflection, self-knowing, and striving to create a legacy through living a life of meaning and purpose.
The power of listening, and of letting go, in finding spiritual peace.
(1) How can you take the lessons that these practitioners shared, and use them to refine your approach to the spiritual care of patients?
(2) How can you take the lessons that these three practitioners shared, and use them to guide your approach to spiritual self-care?
(3) How do you believe it changes your approach to spiritual care, to know that a patient’s death is near?
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TED Talk: BJ Miller What Matters at EOL (18:23 minutes in length)
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TED Talk: Marie Jo Cleghorn Lessons from the Dying (14:56 minutes in length)
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TED Talk: Amy Green Video Game on Cancer (10:23 minutes in length)
Answer preview Selection of TED Talks focused on the care of the dying.
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