If your organization or your clientele have questions about palliative care, hospice, life-sustaining devices or general medical/life concerns, Medical Decision Consultants/Bioethicists provide assistance in determining the most compassionate and careful medical choices.
Healthcare organizations can access Medical Decision Consultants/Bioethicists to work with your teams or you may refer your clientele for private consultation.
Dr. Perlman
Dr. Perlman is passionate about exploring the intersection and integration between technology and education and how they connect with real-life medical decision-making and is accessible to assist you and your community.
Dr. Perlman teaches courses in public health law, ethics, and policy as well as business ethics. Dr. Perlman is the author of several publications in top, peer-reviewed journals and frequently speaks at international, national, and regional bioethics conferences.
Patient-care decision-making
For example, if you have to make a decision for yourself or someone else, regarding treatment and care options, would you know how to go about the process? How would you be sure that your decision for someone reflects their values and preferences?
Patient life values and preferences
For example, what might you want your family and medical team to know about your goals of care? What is important to you, in how you live your life? What aspects of life and health are your key priorities?
Conflicts within families and between families, patients and clinicians
For example, suppose you and your other family members disagree about a decision that must be made for someone else. Or, suppose you and your doctor disagree about appropriate treatment and care for you. Are you able to resolve those conflicts?
Communication challenges
For example, do you ever leave a conversation with your doctor, or members of your medical care team, with unanswered questions or unvoiced concerns? How can you better plan and manage important medical communications?
Our counselors can provide you with experienced guidance to help you and your family
negotiate these concerns. We can assist you in clarifying your needs, preferences and
values to ensure that the healthcare you receive supports your choices.
Contact us about personalized spiritual care services
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Zilvinas’ career as a spiritual counselor began over 27 years ago. His passion and interest is in serving community, providing educational resources, and working with individuals living in the correctional system.
After completing 30 years of medical practice as a hematologist and oncologist, Dr./Chaplain Jason began an exploration of the field of Spiritual Care. This led him to train and work as a hospital chaplain. Jason’s unique life experience as both a spiritual care provider and physician enables him to teach physicians, chaplains, and patient advocacy groups about the healing power of relationships and the intimate powerful connection between spirituality and medicine.
Teresa has training in hospital chaplaincy and ecological social work. In her graduate studies she had the privilege of working with frontline communities, where she learned about the regenerative power of solidarity-centered service. She experiences personal, political, and planetary healing as interdependent and is committed to the liberatory potential of spiritual care. Teresa believes that all people possess the wisdom they need to navigate life’s challenges; she feels grateful to listen supportively when this wisdom seems elusive.
Nita comes to Ezzree with a commitment to patient-centered decision-making, consisting of clearly articulated patient goals of care; two-way communication between patient/family and clinical team; and a focus on mediative problem-solving. She brings a high level of skill and experience in mediation, counseling, and bereavement support, supported by her MA in Bioethics, Certification as a Grief Counselor, and her experience in hospital bioethics committees.
Rochelle, is a board certified chaplain and one of Ezzree’s earliest Spiritual Care Counselors. In her role, she provides a range of caring services, including a listening presence and help coping with life changes. At the core of Ezzree is emotional and spiritual care giving – Spiritual Care Counselors help our clients create meaning and purpose out of life events. Rochelle encourages people to draw on their own strengths to meet the challenges of their lives.