BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.7.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:108@buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200226T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200226T140000 DTSTAMP:20200213T182652Z URL:https://buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/events/end-life-care/ SUMMARY:Religion\, Medicine\, Bioethics\, and the Law in End-of-life Care DESCRIPTION:"Religion\, Medicine\, Bioethics\, and the Law in End-of-life C are"\n\nA talk on doctoral research by Sean Hillman (PhD\, Religion/Bioeth ics/South Asian Studies\, U of T 2019)\, Clinical Ethicist at Lakeridge He alth (Centre for Clinical Ethics) and also Buddhist Corrections Chaplain a t Bath and Collins Bay Institutions.\n\nRegister at https://munkschool.uto ronto.ca/ai/event/29261/\n\nThis talk is based on a recently defended doct oral study investigating end-of-life care issues in contemporary India fro m the perspectives of Indian and Tibetan religious adherents\, through the lenses of religious studies\, bioethics and the law. The need came in par t from a paucity in bioethics studies related to the ancient Indic religio us traditions of Buddhism\, Hinduism and Jainism\, and from some studies i gnoring the non-theistic Indic traditions altogether. Additionally\, direc t requests came from a Jain community organization for bioethical approach es to an end-of-life ritual fasting and immobilization practice (sallekhan ā) as it continues to be legally contested. Medical approaches to decisio n-making can assist with the dual purposes of protecting vulnerable Jains from coercion and also in satisfying detractors.\n\nA major research quest ion was whether religious views impact end-of-life decision-making of pati ents\, families and health care professionals. Medical decision-making per vades the conversations and analysis throughout\, and it is proposed that decision-making moments that involve patients and/or families along with h ealth care providers create micro-level transient neocultures\, stemming f rom Ortiz’s transculturation theory.\n\nThree core chapters address: att empts to block disclosure of bad news in sharing of sensitive medical info rmation\; ritual fasting and immobilization at the end of life\; and expos ure to and attitudes towards end-of-life care models including pain manage ment\, hospice palliative care and assistance in dying.\n\nPrimarily ethno graphic\, the study also uses textual\, legal and media analyses. Field wo rk lasted for six months over 2014-2015 and research took place at four fi eld- sites in India: Delhi\, Dharamsala and Jaipur in North India\, and Co chin in South India. In-person interviews were conducted with fifty inform ants belonging to various religious traditions\, mainly from the major anc ient Indic religions\, one medieval Indian religion and the monotheistic S emitic religions for added perspectives. Among the participants were biome dical and traditional healthcare providers\, all physicians save one medic al student and two nurses.\n\nThis study is an advocacy anthropology proje ct with hopes that it proves helpful in India and other jurisdictions wher e South Asian religious adherents receive end-of-life care so that cultura lly safe care can be better provided. As such\, the study offers a number of practical findings\, recommendations and suggestions. The chapter on ri tual fasting at the end-of-life is currently being published in a collecti on on the topic in India\, edited by Prof. Chistopher Chapple.\n\nDr. Sean Hillman is a clinical bioethicist with the Centre for Clinical Ethics (CC E)\, a consultant organization based at Unity Health Toronto and contracte d to seven institutions in Ontario. Over the last several years Sean has b een the ethics lead for the five-hospital Lakeridge Health system in Durha m region. He also is a Buddhist Corrections Chaplain for two facilities in the Kingston region. Sean was a bedside caregiver in hospital for almost two decades and did a year-long fellowship in Clinical and Organizational Bioethics also at the CCE. A medical anthropologist and textualist\, Sean recently completed his doctorate in religion and the collaborative program s of\nbioethics and south Asian studies at U of T.\n\nA scholar of various Asian philosophies and languages for almost thirty years\, with a major f ocus on the Indic religious traditions\, Sean has spent five years living\ , studying and researching in India. Sean's current research projects are on maximizing decisional participation by those who might have mental capa city interferences\, and on how to better understand why families may requ est aggressive medical management for their loved-ones despite a poor prog nosis (including religious logic such as vitalism\, non-harm and filial pi ety). Sean is a member of Durham Family Resources community advisory commi ttee for their “recognizing capacity” pilot project which advocates fo r increased inclusion of those with intellectual\, cognitive or communicat ion challenges and for including supported decision making in Ontario heal thcare law. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://buddhiststudies.utoronto.ca/wp-content/u ploads/2020/02/hospital-pic.jpg CATEGORIES:Ho Centre Supported Event LOCATION:The Munk Centre\, 108N\, North House\, 1 Devonshire Place\, Toront o\, Canada\, M5S 2J7\, Canada GEO:43.6646809;-79.39667559999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1 Devonshire Place\, Toront o\, Canada\, M5S 2J7\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Munk Centre\, 108N\, North House:geo:43.6646809,-79.39667559999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR