About the book
Our intention with this book is to create a space to pause, to reflect, to be in community. To give space to the very human interactions that stay with us, the ones that keep us up at night, that push or challenge us, and at times change who we are as clinicians and human beings. To express gratitude for lessons received, to mourn lives lost, to acknowledge where we may have been complicit, to see each other and those we show up to support through the door of humanity. All without judgement.
Edited by Terry Altilio, Anne Kelemen, Vickie Leff, Arika Patneaude
Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions: socialworkeditors@gmail.com
About the Reflections Video Series
Terry, Anne & Vickie have recorded 5 episode conversations about inequities. Using videos from a variety of sources, we get together and discuss the content, hoping to deepen the conversation, and inform our practice. We hope you will join us.
Some of the inspiring speakers and authors we talk about include:
Dr. Keith Wailoo
Dr. Joy DeGruy
Dr. Cleary-Perry
John Oliver
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Dr. Erwin Nichols
Reconstructing Palliative Care Practice: A Beginning
A Different Type of Workshop
This workshop is structured to engage any provider working in serious illness care. Designed to be in-person the goal is shared learning in the setting of protected time to begin to reconstruct palliative care practice, questioning some primary constructs and working to develop a model that integrates the learnings and experiences of clinicians practicing over the past half century.
Concepts
Here are a just a few of the concepts that are interwoven throughout the workshop:
Continuum of Decision-Making Capacity
Delegitimization
Disrupted Relational Difficulty
Metaphor
Response Shift
Structural Competence
Structure and Stewardship
Faculty
Terry Altilio & Vickie Leff are the faculty for the workshop.
Contact us:
info@seriousillnessconversations.org
The book is available for purchase on Amazon.com. Here is the link taking you to the book site.
University of Michigan School of Social Work Students Create ReflectionThanks to Dr. Brad Zebrack, PhD, MSW, MPH, FAPOS, students from his class took the idea of Reflections to create their own discussion and put the recording on Spotify. They decided to use one of Keith Wailoo's videos and related articles to reflect on their own reactions.
Listen here to their 15 min audio podcast! Spotify
We offer discount rates for bulk orders of the book. Plus shipping.
10 - 25 copies = $18 per copy
26-50 copies = $14 per copy
Over 50 copies = $12 per copy.
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Terry, Anne & Vickie have started recording conversations about inequities. Using videos from a variety of sources, we get together and discuss the content, hoping to deepen the conversation, and inform our practice. We hope you will join us.
You can download this PDF file which contains the references we used during Reflections 2020, in addition to other interesting material and sites.
Join Terry Altilio. Anne Kelemen and Vickie Leff as they introduce Reflections 2020, a conversation about race.
We have developed what we hope is a helpful guide to serious conversations you may be having during the pandemic. Using examples and suggestions for word and phrase choices, please feel free to use and share.
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