Oct 12, 2018 By: yunews
Dr. Irit Felsen, adjunct professor at , presented 鈥淒ehumanization In Everyday Life: 鈥楴euro-disgust鈥欌 on October 11, 2018, at the Integrative Trauma Colloquium: Dehumanization In Everyday Life sponsored by the .
鈥淚n recent years I have become passionate about improving the care of elderly patients,鈥 Dr. Felsen noted. 鈥淭his presentation focused on dehumanization in the relationships between care-recipients and healthcare providers. Dehumanization is usually thought of in relation to extreme situations, but it also occurs in more mundane situations, when those who appear very different from us can cause 鈥榥euro-disgust.鈥 If we who consider ourselves professionals dedicated to the care of others don鈥檛 understand the origins of such attitudes and their functions, we will not be able to implement interventions that might counter them.鈥
Starting October 8, Dr. Felsen began an hosted and supported by MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care, the largest hospice provider in New York State under Jewish auspices. Titled 鈥淕rief and Renewal After the Loss of a Holocaust Survivor,鈥 Dr. Felsen explained that the six-part series 鈥渨ill address how the way children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors often respond to loss differently has shaped our lives, and will help us answer: What happens now? How do you reconcile your loss when you have been focused on your loved ones for so long? How do you carry out the legacy for your loved one?鈥
