FIRST ANNUAL PROVIDENCE SPIRITUALITY CONFERENCE
"Spirituality in End-of-Life Care"
November 2, 2000

Ray Conference Center
Butler Hospital Campus
Providence, RI

Program

8:15am Registration
8:45 Opening  - Introduction and Music
9:00 The Spiritual Crisis of Dying:
Kenneth Doka, Ph.D, Professor of Gerontology, The College of New Rochelle, NY; Senior Consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America, Lutheran Minister
10:45 Break
11:00 Case Study - Interdisciplinary Group Workshop
12:00 Networking and Lunch
1:00 How We Can Be Helpers in the Spiritual Journey During Grief and Bereavement
Dennis Klass, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Webster University, St. Louis
2:45 Break
3:00 The Gypsy Lady: Response of a Clergy-Health Professional Team to Spiritual Distress

Panel:

David Ames, D.Min., Episcopal Chaplain and Clinical Assistant Professor of Community Health, Brown University;

H. Denman Scott, M.D., Associate Dean for Primary Care, Brown University School of Medicine;

Robert Westlake, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Brown University School of Medicine.
4:00 Meeting Spiritual Needs of the Dying in Rhode Island - Reports from Interdisciplinary Group Workshops
4:20 Musical Meditation
4:30 Adjournment