Wednesday, October 8, 2008
LUNCH MATTERS
On Our Own Terms: Moyers on Dying - A Different Kind of Care (Part II)
Post-screening discussion moderated by Robert Chodo Campbell
Co-Sponsored by the Rubin Museum of Art and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
When there is no hope for a cure, hospice care can respond to the physical, emotional, and psychological needs of patients and their families. A Different Kind of Care reports on the evolution of palliative, or "comfort," care and its emphasis on patients' psychological, emotional and spiritual well-being. Dr. Richard Payne talks about palliative care. Dr. Greg Gramelspacher on bringing palliative care to poor communities. While terminal patients now live longer, for many, that means living with pain. Improvements in pain medication and a growing understanding of the role of palliative care, or "comfort care," is changing that. When there is no hope for a cure, palliative care doctors shift their focus to helping patients live as comfortably as possible, responding to physical, emotional and psychological needs. "A Different Kind of Care" introduces viewers to palliative care doctors and their patients as they work hand in hand to make the dying process more tolerable.
About the facilitators:
Robert Chodo Campbell, is a Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. He works as a consultant with couples groups and individuals. He integrates his psychoanalytic training with his Buddhist practice to create a place of safety, compassion, clarity and spaciousness in which the healing process can arise. Chodo brings his life experience and many years of study to his work in the areas of: anxiety and depression, drug and alcohol abuse, recovery from sexual abuse and trauma. In his private practice he uses a psycho-spiritual approach to healing emotional, mental and spiritual concerns. He began formal Zen training in 1994 and currently he is a Buddhist Chaplain Priest with Village Zendo in New York City. He is committed to helping people develop their own transformational tools for coping with emotional suffering, to be fully engaged in their lives and in healthy relationships.
