Palliative Care Conversations

End-of-Life Care | Pediatric Medicine And a Dying Child Shall Lead Them By David Ollier Weber December 17, 2013 Hospitals can improve their support for seriously ill children and their families by investing in clinician education and integrating care near the end of life into patient safety, quality improvement and other systems. Read The full article by clicking here

In the recent decade, public attention on the work of care for the terminally ill has greatly increased, largely through government funding of such work.  The American Board of Medical Specialties approved palliative medicine as a new medical specialty in 2006, followed by the first board certification granted for physicians in palliative medicine in 2008.  Clinical Chaplaincy has been an integral part of this emerging model of care.  In response, CPSP has developed a subspecialty certification for Board Certified Clinical Chaplains,  “Board Certified Clinical Fellow in Hospice and Palliative Care”   (FHPC). This will be a subspecialty credential for those first credentialed as Board Certified Clinical Chaplains (BCCC) or Board Certified Pastoral Counselors (BCPC). Procedure: CPSP Chapters  will receive requests from candidates for this certification, and will review the request.  The candidate for FHPC subspecialty certification may download the application which is ava