Sam has cared for the needs of the dying in palliative care for over 17 years. During that time, Sam has served as the Chair, and now, Co-Chair of the Hospice Ethics Committee at a Hospice Care Center in Northern Ohio. He has served several years as a State Continuing Education Chairperson for the Association of Professional Chaplains. For well over a decade, Sam has been an active editorial review board member and contributing writer for Healing Ministry Journal, The Journal of Terminal Oncology, and The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care.
Sam began his speaking about spiritual care over 15 years ago and continues to speak at public engagements on the local, national, and international levels. He has spoken at several college campuses and keynoted at several Hospice Conferences. His first book of four "What the Dying Teach Us: Lessons on Living" is a Doubleday Book Club, One Spirit, and National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization selection.
Sam's undergraduate study was at Georgetown College with a B.A. in Psychology. He received his Master of Divinity @ The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky with an emphasis in the Pastor/Teacher track. In 2003, Sam Oliver finished his post-graduate certificate in Healthcare Ethics through Rush University in Chicago, IL. Presently, Reverend Doctor Samuel Lee Oliver is the Chaplain at a Hospice Care Center in Ohio.
Hi Sam I have also worked in palliative care as a nurses aid. I loved it! I am a stay at home mom now and miss my old job. I am looking forward to reading all of your blogs so I can get to know more about you and your perspective.
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Deanna
Welcome aboard, Sam. There are a lot of kind and gentle souls here. You will get nothing but inspiration and friends here regardless of your political views, religion/nonreligion, nationality, race, gender, single or married. I'm sure you will fit right in. It's about light and love. It's about humanity to humanity, nothing more, nothing less. Welcome to a place where the best of you is encouraged, where others can learn from you and you can learn from others. Please make yourself at home.
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