Spirituality and Medical Care

Boise Emergency Medicine Physician Amy Baruch tells a personal story of connecting with a patient spiritually even though they didn't share the same convictions.

Talking about Faith with Patients

Dr. Timothy Johans of Boise shares how he approaches the subject of faith with his patients.

Honoring Choices #4 - Being Mortal Review

Honoring Choices #4 - Being Mortal

In this final episode I review what is, according to one local nursing home medical director, "the most important book on end-of-life care since Elisabeth Kübler-Ross." Being Mortal, a NY Times best seller by Dr. Atul Gawande, dives deep into the issues around advanced care planning, hospice care, the limitations of medicine, and difficult decisions as the body comes to its end.

Honoring Choices #3 - Integrating ACP into Clinical Practice

Having conversations with patients about advanced care planning sounds like a lofty goal, but how do you actually introduce this topic with people that are reasonably healthy? In this episode, Dr. Charles Boult, MD - director of Saint Alphonsus Health System Hospice & Palliative Care - describes an example of clinic flow with regard to this topic.

ACP Physician Resources

Honoring Choices - Health System Integration

Honoring Choices sounds like a great idea. But how do you implement such lofty goals at a system level. Dr. Kurt Seppi, executive medical director of St. Luke's Health System, describes how the Idaho's largest private employer is working on that goal.

For a lengthier written conversation with Dr. Seppie, visit Dr. Pates Prescription for Change Blog.

Introduction to Honoring Choices Idaho

Meet Stephane Bender-Kitz, director of Honoring Choices Idaho. This project is a culmination of more than two years of discussions between leaders at St. Luke's and Saint Alphonsus, seeking to promote progressive and regular conversations around advanced care planning.

Honoring Choices Idaho