X-Message-Number: 30815 From: David Stodolsky <> Subject: Patient Directed Dying: Ethics and Care at Life's Ending Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:00:57 +0200 The EBF is hosting it's 3rd Biannual Ernest Becker Summer Institute - "Patient Directed Dying: Ethics and Care at Life's Ending". With hospice care firmly established as an appropriate mode of attending to the dying and palliative care expanding end of life treatment, this Institute seeks to provide a timely opportunity for helping professions explore the implications of Becker's thought for care of the dying and deepen our understanding of the spiritual needs and resources of the dying in the midst of the emotional and medical complexity of life's ending. The Ernest Becker Summer Institute is intended to hospital and hospice chaplains, physicians, nurses, social workers, pastoral counselors, hospice workers, parish clergy, therapists and others interested in strengthening the spiritual dimensions of care at the time of death. If you are interested in a multidisciplinary approach to end of life issues, please join us! What: Ernest Becker Summer Institute - Patient Directed Dying: Ethics and Care at Life's Ending When: July 24 - 26 Where: Seattle University The Program: www.ernestbecker.org <http://www.ernestbecker.org/> David Stodolsky Skype: davidstodolsky Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=30815