Mental Illness, Treatment Futility and Compassionate Care: The Case of Anorexia Nervosa
Target Audience
Clinicians and mental health professionals who work with patients with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa, and palliative care clinicians who might someday do so. This conference aims to include psychiatrists, palliative care physicians, clinical psychologists, mental health nurses, social workers who work with anorexia patients, as well as other licensed mental health practitioners. We have sought continuing education credit for mental health professionals through a separate organization. We are applying through Duke for credit for MDs, nurses, and social workers.
Learning Objectives
Discuss the difficulties of treating patients with chronic anorexia nervosa
Explore the ethics of treatment refusal
Describe how assessment of decision-making capacity works
Discuss alternative approaches to care for this population, approaches that focus on quality of life
Available Credit
- 13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 13.00 ANCC
- 13.00 Attendance
- 13.00 JA Credit - AH