PSY 4170 Hospice/Palliative Care
Provides a multidiscipline approach to in-home palliative care & pain control for terminally ill patients. Encompasses nursing, social work, pastoral care, volunteers, home health aides and bereavement services. The focus is holistic, addressing medical, psychosocial & spiritual needs of patients and their families. Participate in home visits with the disciplines, and attend lectures/observe output visits. This rotation allows one student/rotation with some rotations not being available.
Students must email psychiatrycourses@usuhs.edu to assure availability.
Prerequisite
This course can only be taken AFTER completion of the Psychiatry Clerkship (PSY 3200)
Offered
Montgomery Hospice -MD; National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center - MD