Name:
Renal Palliative Care Initiative: Memorial Service Video and Manual
Description:
This videotape and manual provide a practical description of how to develop
a memorial service for patients who died from renal disease. The video shows
excerpts from memorial services in Massachusetts and offers viewers a sense
of the powerful impact of the service in families and clinicians.
Category:
Educational Tools - Clinician Education
Source:
Renal Palliative Care Initiative
Baystate Medical Center
759 Chestnut Street S2669
Springfield, MA 01199
Contact:
Lewis M. Cohen, M.D.
Lewis.Cohen@BHS.ORG
Keywords:
esrd, bereavement, community engagement, community outreach
To use this tool:
For further information about this product contact Lewis M. Cohen, M.D. at
Lewis.Cohen@BHS.ORG.
References:
Developed specifically for this project by the project team.
Posted April 2004
Baystate Medical Center overview page
# BMC7, type:clinician_education
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.