Applying Key Lessons from the Hospice and Palliative Care Movement to Inform Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy.
Psychedelic medicine (New Rochelle, N.Y.) September 1, 2023 Megan Miller, William E Rosa, Alden Doerner Rinaldi et al. 9 citations
Psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) and hospice/palliative care share deep synergies that could help integrate PAT into mainstream health systems. Hospice and palliative care, though now evidence-based standards, began as grassroots movements. Their holistic, interdisciplinary, relationship-centered, and spiritually attuned models offer practical lessons for scaling human-centered PAT. Key aspects include interdisciplinary care, holistic views of health, bearing witness to suffering, customized care, decentralized models, generalist/specialist competencies, fostering spirituality, and growth from community organizations to mature systems. Conversely, PAT's radical emphasis on meaning-making and relationship may also innovate hospice and palliative care.