Community Hospital plans end-of-life seminar

McCook, Nebraska--Community Hospital's Home Health and Hospice department, Community HealthCare and Hospice, will be showing a DVD focused on End-of-Life Ethics on April 24 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the hospital meeting rooms.

Topics include:

* Ethical decision-making

* Principles of bio-medical ethics

* Surrogate decision-making

* Artificial nutrition and hydration

* Palliative sedation

* Children and adolescent patients

* Cultural values and beliefs

* Grief-reactions of families and care providers

Lunch will be provided at approximately 12:30 p.m. Please RSVP by April 16 by calling Community HealthCare and Hospice at 308-344-8356. There is no cost to attend.

2.5 CE's are available for most disciplines. Cost for the CE's is $30 and available online. Deadline is May 3, 2012.