Faculty Candidate Presentation: Mark Lazenby, PhD, APRN, FAAN

Topic: The Ethnoreligious Cultural Influences on Palliative and Supportive Care of Muslims Undergoing Treatment for Advanced Cancer in the United States

Where: College of Nursing, Room 349

Mark Lazenby, an advanced practice cancer and palliative care nurse (MSN, Yale), is also a philosopher of religion (PhD, Boston University). With funding from the American Cancer Society, he studies quality of life, particularly spiritual wellbeing, among people diagnosed with advanced cancer who draw meaning from religious traditions not well represented in American society, particularly Muslims.

He has co-edited a book on the spiritual care of the dying, Safe Passage: A Global Spiritual Sourcebook for Care at the End of Life (Oxford University Press, 2014). He has also written a book on nursing ethics, Caring Matters Most: The Ethical Significance of Nursing (Oxford University Press, 2017).

He is a past president and Fellow of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society and is Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. His scientific work has taken him to Jordan and Botswana, where he works with colleagues on scaling up palliative care nursing.

Live-stream is available for this event. Link will be active on the day of the presentation. Please click on this URL to join: https://uahs.zoom.us/j/536769461