Dying and Mourning - an Interprofessional Course, 7.5 credits
Contents
The course includes introduction to and discussion about concepts of a good and bad dying and death, 'total pain'; theories of dying, grief and bereavement, bereavement practices, rituals and services; roles of different professionals and teams in a historical and cultural context
Expected learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student shall be able to: - describe own feelings and values about death and dying - explain how social structures and care organizations shape the process of dying and mourning. - describe the competencies and roles of different professionals in a variety of teams and countries - critical reflect upon and understand aspects of evidence based knowledge and skills, which can be of support in caring for the dying patients and significant others - participate as a responsible and efficient member of an interdisciplinary study team planning care for a paper (case) patient and family.
Required Knowledge
Admitted to one of the following programmes: Nursing, Medicine, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Theology and Social Work. At least one year into your education, knowledge of English, and basic IT skills.
Form of instruction
This is a web-based, interdisciplinary and international part time course on basic level. The course language is English. The teaching methods will vary between individual work, work in study groups and lectures. Compulsory sections consist of participation in discussion forums, group assignments and turned-in written assignments. Requirement: Access to internet and a headset and web camera.
Examination modes
In order to receive a passing grade for the entire course, it is required to pass all tests and compulsory sections. The course is examined by a combined interdisciplinary and individually written assignment, and an act as opponents on a paper written by a group of fellow students The number of examination opportunities is limited to a total of five. The student who fails two times has the right to request a different examiner from the program committee. Academic credit transfer No general academic credit transfers are applied. Review of whether an earlier education or activity in whole or in part can be accepted for academic credit transfer is decided by the program committee. Before then, an evaluation is made by the teacher who is responsible for the course and who also submits a suggestion for decision.
Other regulations
http://www.student.umu.se/english/code-of-rules/?languageId=1
Literature
Valid from: 2012 week 11
Copp Gina
A review of current theories of death and dying.
Journal of Advanced Nursing 28(2), 382-390 :
1998 :
Mandatory
Social aspects of bereavement
Field D, Payne S
Cancer Nursing Practice, 2(8):21-25. :
2003 :
Mandatory
Hall Pippa
Interprofessional teamwork: Professional cultures as barriers.
Journal of Interprofessional Care :
2005 :
Mandatory
Whose dying? A sociological critique of the “good death”
Hart B, Sainsbury P, Short S
Mortality :
1998 :
Mandatory
Palliative care teams: effective through moral reflection
Hermsen Maaike A, Ten Have Henk A M J
Journal of Interprofessional Care :
2005 :
Mandatory
In Search of a Good Death: Observations of Patients, Families, and Providers
Steinhauser Karen E, Clipp Elizabeth C, McNeilly Maya, Christiakis Nicholas A, McIntyre Lauren M, Tulsky James A
Annals of Internal Medicine :
2000 :
Mandatory
Kayser-Jones Jeanie
The experience of dying: an ethnographic nursing home study
The Gerontologist :
2002 :
Mandatory
Kellehear Allan
The study of dying
: from autonomy to transformation
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press :
2009. :
xiv, 284 p. :
ISBN: 0-521-51767-2 (hbk.) : ¹45.00
Mandatory
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McNamara Beverly
Good enough death: autonomy and choice in Australian palliative care
Social Science and Medicine :
2004 :
Mandatory
The palliative care team
Meier Diane E, Beresford Larry
Journal of Palliative Medicine :
2008 :
Mandatory
Experiences of living with a deteriorating body in late palliative phases of cancer
Rasmussen Birgit H, Tishelman Carol, Lindqvist Olav
Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care, 4 (3): 153-157 :
2010 :
Mandatory
Relatives in end-of-life care – part 2: a theory for enabling safety
Öhlen Joakim, Andershed Birgitta, Berg CHristina, Frid Ingvar, Palm Carl-Axel, Ternestedt Britt-Marie, Segesten Kerstin
Journal of Clinical Nursing :
2007 :
Mandatory
1. European Association of Palliative care, Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) recognized by the Council of Europe
European Association of Palliative Care :
Kastenbaum Robert
Death, society, and human experience
11th ed. :
Boston :
Allyn & Bacon :
cop. 2012 :
xvii, 512 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-205-00108-8 (alk. paper)
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