Allison Kestenbaum is the Manager of Spiritual Care and Clinical Pastoral Education at UC San Diego Health. She conducts research on palliative and spiritual care, and she is also a founding...
This month, the Supportive Care Team of the Teresa Dellar Palliative Care Residence is hosting a three-day bereavement retreat designed for young adults ages 18 to 35 to share their stories with...
In advanced illness, communication can become as complex as the medical realities patients face. Aligning the perspectives of patients, families, and healthcare teams is rarely straightforward. ...
In 1976, Dr. Balfour Mount hosted the First International Congress on the Care of the Terminally Ill, in Montreal, Quebec. Since then, and through multiple names, the Congress has grown in both...
Jennifer Hamilton first heard about spiritual care while studying theology and saw it as her life’s direction. After finishing her spiritual care training at the Royal Victoria Hospital, she got an...
