*Should a patient's spiritual needs be an integral part of patient care?

*How important a factor is spirituality in health care decision making?

*What do you do when a patients spiritual beliefs stand in opposition to sound medical protocol?

Purpose: An introduction to or update of the basic concepts and issues within the field of medical ethics.  This year's topic is Spirituality and Medicine.  This course will provide participants with tools and recommendations necessary for the ethical integration of spirituality as an essential element of health care.

Featured Presenter

 Daniel P. Sulmasy, OFM, MD, PhD

Hastings Center Fellow
Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics
 University of Chicago.
author of

The Rebirth of the Clinic:  An Introduction to Spirituality in Healthcare

General Registration
One-day: $175
Two-day: $300

UAMS Faculty/Staff
One-day: $125
Two-day: $200

Space limited.

Sponsored by:
College of Medicine

Division of Medical Humanities

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
#646

Little Rock, Arkansas

 For more information:
Phone: 501-661-7970
Fax: 501-661-7967
www.uams.edu/humanities

humanities@uams.edu

Informational flyer with agenda and registration form available soon