When a child is terminally ill, parents agonize over how to tell the child about their prognosis, and how to decide when to stop treatment when a cure is no longer possible. Their anguish is fueled by a range of ethical, emotional and spiritual dilemmas, and there is never an easy or an obvious answer.
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Steinhorn, an academic pediatrician who practices intensive care and hospice medicine for children. He led the Judith Nan Joy Integrative Medicine Research Initiative at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago from 2002-2010 and founded palliative care programs at major children’s hospitals. He is currently developing children’s hospice programs in Washington, DC and San Diego, California. Dr. Steinhorn has additional training in energy medicine, yoga, meditation, and shamanism, studying with teachers from the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, the Four Winds Society, and Dr. Carl Greer, and has brought shamanic healing approaches to his critical care practice in children’s hospitals across the country.
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To learn more about Dr. Steinhorn's work, click HERE.
Watch Dr. Steinhorn and his collaborator Jana Din demonstrate their transpersonal medicine approach in this nationally broadcast television segment titled "Shamans in the ICU." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQ7QKmHwAY
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EP 35: A Veterinarian Talks About Euthanasia for Animals
EP 34: The Yucky Stuff
EP 33: Dr. Korie Leigh - Helping Children Manage Grief and Loss
EP 32: Whitewashing Violence in the Hebrew Bible - with Rev. Caffie Risher
EP 31: Ken Doka PhD - Grief and Resilience- Part Two
EP 30: Robert Neimeyer, PhD - Grief and Resilience - Part One
EP 29: There Are No Stages of Grief - BONUS EPISODE
EP 27: What Happens When we DON'T Die?
EP: 26 - To Infinity and Beyond - with Peter Panagore, MDiv
EP 23: Separating Myth From Meaning - With Joshua Bowen, PhD
EP 25: Leaving Religion: A Step-by-Step Guide with Clint Heacock PhD
EP. 24: Spiritual But Not Religious - with Dr. Terri Daniel
EP 22: The Thinking Atheist - with Seth Andrews
EP 21: Near-Death Experiences: A Feedback Loop of Cultural Influence - with Dr. Gregory Shushan
BONUS EPISODE - Why We're So Interested in Death
EP 20: Thank God I'm Atheist - with Dan Beecher
EP19: Ultra Orthodox
EP 18: In the Realm of Death and Dreaming
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