Grand Rounds - Sep 9, 2022
"Utility of Psychedelics for Palliative Care and the Treatment of End‐of‐Life Existential Distress"
Speaker: Anthony P. Bossis, MD, PhD. NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Objectives
- Identify factors and symptoms in existential and psycho-spiritual distress in palliative and end-of-life care.
- Recognize the importance of meaning and transcendence in end-of-life distress and psychedelic research.
- Describe the characteristics of mystical experience; summarize the scientific findings from current psilocybin cancer anxiety research.
- Identify clinical implications from psychedelic research for palliative / hospice care.
Accreditation: St. Charles Health System is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. St. Charles Health System designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
The period to claim credit for this activity expires one year after its original publication. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Target Audience: Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Allied Health Professionals
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