Description:
This presentation defines a Palliative Model of Care that can complement the Medical Model of Care. The Medical Model wants to help people eliminate pain; the Palliative Model wants to help people find meaning and value in the midst of pain. The presentation shows how our own woundedness and the woundedness of our patients can provide us with opportunities for growth: providing an alternative perspective to our culture's emphasis on hiding from pain, avoiding suffering, and ignoring death. Much of the presentation is spent in outlining how caregivers can manifest the important qualities of congruence, empathy, and unconditional positive regard.

Objectives:

• Describe a model of care that helps people find meaning and value in the midst of pain and suffering.
• Discuss how our woundedness can add to life, add to who we are, and add to what we can do for others.
• Describe how to exemplify congruence, empathy, and unconditional positive regard.
• Justify the importance of humility in being a good caregiver.

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