“Doctor, will you pray for me?”: A conversation with Robert Klitzman
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This webinar advances several learning outcomes. For convenience, we have indexed these to ACPE’s Revised Outcomes and Indicators. Please note that these should not be understood as an endorsement of this webinar by ACPE.
- C. Relational Dynamics
- 1. Empathy
- 2. Relational boundaries
- 3. Group dynamics
- D. Spiritual Care Interventions
- 2. Use of cultural, religious and spiritual resources
- 3. Use of spiritual assessments and care plans
- E. Professional Development
- 2. Ethical practice and professionalism
- 4. Teamwork and collaboration
- 5. Research based care
Join the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab and Dr. Robert Klitzman for a discussion of his forthcoming book, Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? (OUP, 2024).
From the book’s description: “Psychiatrist and bioethicist Robert Klitzman explores how patients and families struggle to make sense of serious disease and threats of death and other medical crises, seeking hope, purpose and larger connections beyond themselves. Physicians and other clinical staff are frequently uncomfortable with these issues, and chaplains have been filling the void, developing valuable approaches and insights. Most Americans will die in hospitals or nursing homes, and face existential and spiritual quandaries. Many of their prior religious and spiritual beliefs will fall short, and chaplains will often be the ones to assist, partly by reframing narratives and understandings of illness and spirituality. Yet people often know little, if anything, about these professionals. Klitzman presents stories about the spiritual lives of patients and explores the role of chaplains – who they are, what they do and the challenges they face.”
The book can be purchased here.
Robert Klitzman, MD, is a Professor of Psychiatry in the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Joseph Mailman School of Public Health, and the Director of the Masters of Bioethics Program at Columbia University. He has authored or co-authored over 180 scientific articles, and nine books, including When Doctors Become Parents, and has received several awards, including fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and has been a member of the Empire State Stem Cell Commission, and the Research Ethics Advisory Panel of the U.S. Department of Defense.
