Visiting Professor to Talk About Spirituality and End-of-Life Care
Daniel Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD, a professor, physician and Franciscan friar, will present "Spiritual Issues in the Care of Dying Patients: 'It's Okay Between Me and God'" at UCSF on Tuesday, April 29.
The campus community is invited to Sulmasy's presentation, which is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in the School of Nursing, room N 217 on the Parnassus campus. This talk is particularly targeted to physicians, house staff, students and other UCSF trainees.
Sulmasy is a general internist and philosopher. His research interests include both theoretical and empirical studies of end-of-life decisionmaking, ethics education and spirituality in medicine. This talk is based upon his recently published article on this topic in the UCSF-produced JAMA series "Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life" co-sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation and the Archstone Foundation. Sulmasy will share his thoughts about the role clinicians may play in approaching the subject of faith with patients and in navigating the deeply personal path of creating a plan of care when a patient's hope for and belief in a miracle may conflict with a physician's equally strong belief in a clinically hopeless reality. While at UCSF, Sulmasy also will deliver the Thelma Shobe Lecture in Ethics and Spirituality in the School of Nursing on Wednesday, April 30. The lecture, titled "Rediscovering the Joy of Practice," will be from noon to 1 p.m. in Health Sciences West, room 303 on the Parnassus campus. A reception and discussion with Sulmasy will follow the Shobe lecture at 1:10 p.m. on the third-floor mezzanine in the School of Nursing building. For more details on the Shobe Lecture, please see the School of Nursing website. Sulmasy holds the Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics at St. Vincent's Hospital-Manhattan and serves as professor of medicine and director of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. He was appointed by Gov. George Pataki to the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law in 2005. Sulmasy serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, and is the author of four books, including The Rebirth of the Clinic: An Introduction to Spirituality in Health Care (2006). His numerous articles have appeared in medical, philosophical and theological journals, and he has lectured widely in both the United States and abroad.
The campus community is invited to Sulmasy's presentation, which is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. in the School of Nursing, room N 217 on the Parnassus campus. This talk is particularly targeted to physicians, house staff, students and other UCSF trainees.
Sulmasy is a general internist and philosopher. His research interests include both theoretical and empirical studies of end-of-life decisionmaking, ethics education and spirituality in medicine. This talk is based upon his recently published article on this topic in the UCSF-produced JAMA series "Perspectives on Care at the Close of Life" co-sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation and the Archstone Foundation. Sulmasy will share his thoughts about the role clinicians may play in approaching the subject of faith with patients and in navigating the deeply personal path of creating a plan of care when a patient's hope for and belief in a miracle may conflict with a physician's equally strong belief in a clinically hopeless reality. While at UCSF, Sulmasy also will deliver the Thelma Shobe Lecture in Ethics and Spirituality in the School of Nursing on Wednesday, April 30. The lecture, titled "Rediscovering the Joy of Practice," will be from noon to 1 p.m. in Health Sciences West, room 303 on the Parnassus campus. A reception and discussion with Sulmasy will follow the Shobe lecture at 1:10 p.m. on the third-floor mezzanine in the School of Nursing building. For more details on the Shobe Lecture, please see the School of Nursing website. Sulmasy holds the Sisters of Charity Chair in Ethics at St. Vincent's Hospital-Manhattan and serves as professor of medicine and director of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. He was appointed by Gov. George Pataki to the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law in 2005. Sulmasy serves as editor-in-chief of the journal Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, and is the author of four books, including The Rebirth of the Clinic: An Introduction to Spirituality in Health Care (2006). His numerous articles have appeared in medical, philosophical and theological journals, and he has lectured widely in both the United States and abroad.