Creighton University - Center for Health Policy & Ethics

Film Program on Healthcare Ethics, Justice and Culture

An annual community service, public education event hosted by the Creighton University Medical Center, Center for Health Policy and Ethics.

HOLD YOUR BREATH


In partnership with NET Television, we present:
Hold Your Breath Omaha Premier
Thursday, October 25, 2007
7:00 PM
Hixson-Lied Science Building, Room G4

Learn More about the Hold Your Breath film.
Alumni, friends, and community members are invited to the Omaha premier of Hold Your Breath. The documentary considers challenges of multicultural healthcare, and looks specifically at the important role Islam plays in the care of Mohammad Kochi, an elder Afghani émigré who has cancer. Opportunities for discussion will follow the film, and a panel of experts will field questions from audience members.

Panelists:

Barbara Clinkenbeard, MS, NP
Cancer Counseling Program
Creighton University Medical Center

Jeffrey Knajdl , MD
Cancer Counseling Program
Creighton University Medical Center

Margreet D. Fledderus, RN, MSN, FNP, ONC®
Stanford University Medical Center in California

Naser Z. Alsharif, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Creighton University Medical Center
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

Free parking available in the lot at 25th and Cuming Streets.
Park and cross Burt Street, continuing to the Hixson Lied Science Building; inside you will be directed to Auditorium G4.

Special Screening of Hold Your Breath for Health Sciences Students
Friday, October 26, 2007
Noon to 1:00 PM
Criss II, Room 452

Health Sciences students will have an opportunity to see the film on Friday, October 26, 2007, Noon to 1:00 PM in Criss II, Room 452. There will also be another screening on campus at a later date.

 RESOURCES

Cultural Competency for Health Care Professionals

Resources compiled by the Creighton University Health Sciences Library:
http://chpe.creighton.edu/events/film-program/cultural_competency.pdf

Health as a Human Right, and Islam & Bioethics: Concerns, Challenges and Responses

Rock Ethics Institute conference, March 27-28, 2006, Pennsylvania State University
http://rockethics.psu.edu/islam_bioethics/program.htm#panel1

Scroll the program and click on   to view video and slides.

Two presentations relevant to this topic:

  • Panel I: Critical Perspectives on Islamic Medical Ethics (this video takes awhile to get to the presenters)
    Hamada Hamid, New York University Medical School
    “Negotiating Autonomy and Religion in the Clinical Setting”

    • Panel VI: Clinical Issues
    Imran Rafi Ahmed Punekar, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University
    "The Necessity and Obligations of Cultural Competency in the Physician’s Relationship with the Muslim Patient: Effects on Quality of Health Care, and Methods of Implementation
Insurgent multiculturalism: rethinking how and why we teach culture in medical education (citation only--please visit your local library to obtain this article.)

Wear D. Insurgent multiculturalism: rethinking how and why we teach culture in medical education. Academic Medicine. 78(6):549-554.
 

The Park Ridge Center Bulletin, Islam and Health Care

http://www.parkridgecenter.org/Page1943.html

Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Program in Bioethics & Film

http://medethicsfilms.stanford.edu/holdyourbreath (About the film)

http://medethicsfilms.stanford.edu/holdyourbreath/resources.html (Resources)