Ethics & Spiritual Caregiving

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This course explores the ethics of spiritual caregiving in diverse contexts within the field of professional spiritual care, with a particular focus on empowerment and change agency. Readings and discussions will engage current and abiding ethical considerations such as healthy professional boundaries, the role of chaplains in guiding and supporting ethical deliberation, and complex ethics dilemmas in healthcare such as physician assisted dying, resource allocation, and end-of-life decision-making. Students will examine the varieties of human suffering in light of ethical theories that speak to the role of the professional caregiver as a source of empowerment and healing.