November 2013 - COPE as an Intervention for Palliative Home Care

Описание: Lecturer: Susan C. McMillan, Ph.D, ARNP, FAAN
*Co-Sponsored by the RESPECT Center
Recorded: November 6, 2013
Please note, this recording is not eligible for CE/CME

Objectives:
1. Describe the psychoeducational intervention called COPE and ethical implications.
2. List the most commonly reported symptoms by cancer patients in hospice care as well as those with the highest intensity and greatest distress.
3. Describe the impact of the COPE intervention on palliative care patients.

About the Lecturer:
Dr. McMillan, a Distinguished University Professor, is the Lyall and Beatrice Thompson Professor of Oncology Quality of Life Nursing at the University of South Florida (USF) where she coordinates the Oncology Nursing Program in the masters and doctoral programs. Dr. McMillan’s major areas of research have been symptom assessment and management in persons with cancer and quality of life of hospice patients with cancer and their family caregivers; she has supported that research with external funding of over $11 million. Dr. McMillan has developed several clinically relevant assessment tools including the Hospice Quality of Life Index, the Caregiver Quality of Life Index and the Constipation Assessment Scale among others. All of these have been used widely in this country and have been translated for use in other countries. Currently, Dr. McMillan is principal investigator on a clinical trials focusing on self care for symptom management in patients with cancer.

The Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Communication and Training (RESPECT) Center is a collaborative, interdisciplinary scientific community of researchers and clinicians working to advance the science of communication in palliative and end-of-life care across the lifespan. For more information please go to http://www.iupui.edu/~irespect/

The Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics sponsors the Fairbanks Ethics Lecture Series as an educational outreach to physicians and staff of Indiana University Health hospitals and interested others in the central Indiana community. Lectures are free, open to all, and do not require pre-registration. Continuing education credit is offered to physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains at no charge, regardless of their institutional affiliation.