Ethical and Socio-cultural Exploration of Meaning-making and its Association to Chronic Illness: Cognitive and Narrative Approaches

After completing this course, health professionals will be able to:

• Summarize prominent psychosocial theories that underlie the concept of “meaning-making” in the context of chronic illness from two therapeutic perspectives: cognitive and narrative approaches.
• Identify at least 6 possible patient-based factors that influence meaning-making and adaptation to disease, including self-perception, values, goals, self-efficacy, interpersonal relationships, and one’s view of the world.
• Distinguish 4 primary patient-based themes within narrative approaches including temporality, biographical disruption and identity reconstruction,  morality, and social contextualization.
• Apply cognitive-affective and narrative approaches to meaning-making in the ethical care of patients coping with chronic illness, alone and in tandem, with a greater clinical sensitivity to socio-cultural differences in meaning-making in this context.

HealthForum has been approved by Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board as an Educational provider with programs approved by NBCC, provider approval #50-29605.

HealthForum is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling as a Board Approved Provider, provider approval # 50-29605.

HealthForum is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing and Certified Nursing Assistant as a Board Approved Provider, provider approval # 50-29605.

HealthForum is approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing as a provider of professional continuing education for health care professionals, provider approval #50-29605. 

HealthForum is approved by the Florida Board of Psychology as a Board Approved Provider, provider approval # 50-29605.

HealthForum has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6216. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. HealthForum is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

HealthForum is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. HealthForum maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

HealthForumOnline, LLC, SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0355

The presenter and all members of the planning team have disclosed that they have no relevant financial commercial relationships to products or devices related to the content of this educational activity. Wherever possible, generic or non-proprietary names of medication have been used. Courses include expert peer reviews of the content where applicable.