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Duke Hospice conference on compassionate care

Duke HomeCare & Hospice, day long conference with Frank Osteseki, nationally known speaker and teacher, Founder of the Zen Hospice Project, San Francisco, on compassionate presence for health care providers and pastoral staff.

March 19, 2010. 8:30 a.m -4:30 p.m., Aldersgate United Methodist Church Family Life Center
1320 Umstead Road
Durham, NC 27712 

The practice of compassion is essential to good pain management or symptom control. Yet, rarely is it acknowledged as our most available and effective resource, offering immeasurable value to all interventions. Without the presence of compassion, caregiving becomes a series of mechanical or technological efforts that exhaust everyone and heals no one. Frank discusses how to sustain the fearless receptivity of compassion and draws on his experience as both patient and caregiver to illustrate its impact on those facing life threatening illness and loss.

Registration includes all conference materials as well as lunch and breaks. See brochure for continuing education credit information.

Topics to be explored include:

Service as a Covenant
Compassion as an Attunement with Suffering
Integrated Listening from the Three Centers
The Gift of Vulnerability
Mindfulness as a Gateway to Presence

For questions contact April Perry at 919-479-0399 or at April.perry@duke.edu.