Course Description
TED Talk Subtitles and Transcript: Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy. Joan Halifax; Foreword by Rebecca Solnit. Roshi Joan Halifax, Ph.D., is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest and anthropologist. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Institute and Zen Center in. Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, is a Zen priest and anthropologist who has served on the faculty of Columbia University and the University of Miami School of Medicine. For the past thirty years she has worked with dying people and has lectured on the subject of death and dying at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Medical School, Georgetown Medical. Roshi Joan Halifax has many years of experience as an antropologist, Buddhist teacher, and caregiver to the dying. She has many years a founder, abbot, and head teacher of the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, in Santa Fe. He Buddhist beliefs do not keep this from being an outstanding book for anyone of any religious belief, or non-belief. 6,309 likes 14 talking about this. RJoan Halifax is a Zen teacher, social activist, anthropologist, writer, and founder of Upaya Zen.
This session, originally presented as a plenary session at NHPCO’s Caring for Mind Body and Spirit Conference in 2007, explores and examines contemplative approaches to work with dying people that have been developed by Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, since she began the Project on Being with Dying in 1994. She will explore contemplative, spiritual, and psychological issues related to dying and death; community building around dying persons and relationship-centered care; spiritual care of the dying and care-based ethics; the relationship between pain and suffering and will introduce mindfulness-based stress reduction to ensure attention to and care of the caregiver.
CE/CME Offered
CE/CME Credit Available: Nurse
Length
1.5 hours
Objectives
- Discuss contemplative approaches to work with dying people
- Identify contemplative, spiritual and psychological issues related to death and dying
- Discuss the importance of community building and relationship-centered care
- Identify elements of spiritual care of the dying and care-based ethics
- Compare and contrast the relationship between pain and suffering
- Practice mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Subject Matter Expert
Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Roshi Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, Zen priest, anthropologist, and author. She is Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Zen Center, a Buddhist monastery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Roshi Joan has worked in the area of death and dying for over thirty-five years and is Director of the Project on Being with Dying. She is Founder and Director of the Upaya Prison Project that develops programs on meditation for prisoners. For the past twenty-five years, she has been active in environmental work. She studied for a decade with Zen Teacher Seung Sahn and was a teacher in the Kwan Um Zen School. She received the Lamp Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh, and was given Inka by Roshi Bernie Glassman. A Founding Teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order, her work and practice for more than three decades has focused on applied Buddhism. Her many books include The Human Encounter with Death, The Fruitful Darkness, and Being with Dying: Compassionate End-of-Life Care Training Guide.
Disclosure
Planners: Barbara L. Bouton, MA, FT, and Jennifer Kennedy, MA, BSN, RN, have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Faculty: Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
CE/CME Credit Hours
Nurse: NHPCO is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
NHPCO designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 contact hours. Nurses should claim only the contact hours commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Accredited status by ANCC refers only to continuing nursing education and does not imply endorsement of any commercial product discussed in conjunction with this activity.
Completion
In order to complete this online activity and obtain CE/CME credit, participants must view the course in its entirety, correctly answer all case studies and quiz/test questions (as appropriate) and complete the evaluation. You will have 90 days to access this course from the date of purchase.
CE/CME Info
Nurse
NHPCO is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. NHPCO designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 contact hours. Nurses should claim only the contact hours commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Accredited status by ANCC refers only to continuing nursing education and does not imply endorsement of any commercial product discussed in conjunction with this activity.
Cost
Payment Options
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Additional Info
Joan Halifax Meditation
Release Date
02/23/2010
Review Date
02/23/2019
Joan Halifax Roshi
Expiration Date
02/23/2022