HLTH 7702 Responding to Suffering in Serious Illness, Death, and Dying

Name: Responding to Suffering in Serious Illness, Death, and Dying
Rating: 4.13 (65 reviews)

This course focuses on improving the quality of life and care for individuals and families living with serious illness and at end of life. Emphasis is placed on recognizing and responding to suffering from an interdisciplinary perspective. Barriers and facilitators of effective care during serious illness, death and dying, such as social determinants of health, family dynamics, spiritual and cultural variations, are explored. Evidence-based interventions and strategies to address, manage, and alleviate physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and existential suffering across the lifespan are discussed. Established palliative care standards are utilized to evaluate outcomes within the context of interdisciplinary care.

Course overview

Department: Nursing
School: CSON
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites: Open to graduate nursing students. Non nursing graduate students and upper division undergraduate students with permission of TOR.

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Requirements fulfilled

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Official evaluation summary

4.13 / 5

Based on 65 aggregate responses from BC Avalanche/Blue evaluations.

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-08-02. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Patricia Tabloski
Fall 2025, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.52/5

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