Relational Practices with Families in Oncology and Palliative Care

3 credits · Graduate

The course provides students in five disciplines (medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, spiritual care) with opportunity to explore the interprofessional care of families experiencing cancer along the illness trajectory from diagnosis through to bereavement or long term survivorship. Key themes that will be explored include: family theory, models of family and couple counselling/therapy, family assessment, therapeutic conversations and interventions. FORMATS: Seminar