This paper is an overview of Zen Hospice Workers.

A) 3 paragraphs on the foundation of zen hospice. 1) Frank Ostaseski the founder of zen hospice in San Francisco and what his training model for zen hospice workers included. 2) Values and goals 3) where zen hospice is being implemented and why

B) 3 Paragraphs on the current training for zen hospice workers in San Francisco and NY (e.g. the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

C) 3 Paragraphs on what the challenges and benefits are as a zen hospice worker e.g. hospice workers have personal relationships with clients who die and change the way they think about death, their own mortality and general ideas about death

conclusion: Zen Hospice Workers have a specific orientation and training toward working with dying people. Some challenges and benefits for the workers include an intimate understanding of death.

A) How Zen Hospice Workers are