Announcements
IPOS 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology
Call for Abstracts
The International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) and the Turkish Psychosocial Oncology Association (PSOD), in collaboration with the Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine Oncology Institute, are now accepting abstracts for the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, 16 - 20 October 2011, Antalya, Turkey. Submissions are due by Monday, 11 April 2011.
Click here for abstract submission instructions
Click here to submit an abstract
Visit the 13th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology website
Bayt Abdullah Children's Hospice seeks to recruit a core team of experienced pediatric palliative care nurses and one more junior, but experienced, physician
Bayt Abdullah Children's Hospice http://www.bacch.org, the only pediatric hospice in the Middle East (opening 2011), will offer all families registered with the hospice:
a) A specialized professional service, free of charge for all children in Kuwait who meet the criteria for admission to the hospice, regardless of nationality or religion.
b) The choice of home, hospice or hospital based care, or a combination of all three, depending on their needs.
c) 24 hour support at the end of a telephone or in the family home.
d) Respect for individual preferences of children and families in relation to treatment and intervention.
This comprehensive, pediatric palliative care facility will embrace all the needs of children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions, their families and their friends in an attractive, child friendly environment enabling them to live their lives as fully as possible for as long as possible.
For further information please contact: [email protected]
Medscape Website
The Medscape website offers a tremendous number of educational resources including palliative care topics - it is free! You must register which is really simple and quick after clicking on the topical links below. You may also earn continuing educational credits by completing many of the teaching modules.
The following 2 modules co-authored by Dr. Frank Ferris, an IAHPC Board Member, were among the top ten most read CME modules accessed by physicians.
The Last Hours of Living: Practical Advice for Clinicians CME/CE
Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD; Frank D. Ferris, MD; Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD; Jamie H. von Roenn, MD
CME/CE Released: 02/12/2010; Valid for credit through 02/12/2012
http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/716874?src=top10
End-of-Life Care in the Setting of Cancer: Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration CME/CE
Linda Emanuel, MD, PhD; Frank D. Ferris, MD; Charles F. von Gunten, MD, PhD, FACP; Jaime H. Von Roenn, MD
http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/718781?src=top10
From the National Health Service, UK
Dear all,
Each month there is a wide range of new items added to the NHS Evidence specialist collection on supportive and palliative care. Users who cannot easily access the web links below from their email software should access the full list via the link near the top of the home page: http://www.library.nhs.uk/palliative/ or See the full lists of new records added each month
Best wishes,
Richard Stevens, Project Manager, NHS Evidence - supportive and palliative care
NHS Evidence - supportive and palliative care
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Health Technology Assessments (HTA)
Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)
Some of the items added to the 'Evidence in the News' RSS feed last month
Full lists of items added to the collection each month
Dr Richard Stevens, Research Associate, University of Sheffield,
Academic Unit of Supportive Care, Sykes House, Little Common Lane,
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 9NE, UK
Telephone: 0114 262 0174
Email: [email protected]
www.shef.ac.uk/medicine/oncology/staffprofiles/stevens.html
COMPASS Collaborative Meeting: Supportive and Palliative Care Research: Making a Difference 14-15 April 2011, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh
We are delighted to announce this conference organised by the Compass Collaborative in collaboration with BMJ group.
The conference features presentations from international leaders and innovators in the field, and it will host the launch of the new journal BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. It includes interactive workshops, and the opportunity to hear government and funders’ perspective on the future landscape of supportive and palliative care research. We cordially invite you to submit abstracts by 25th January . All abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentations will be published in the first edition of the BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. Please see
http://www.compasscollaborative.com/pdf/Compass_Abstract%20Submission%20Leaflet05.pdf
for details of the call for abstracts.
Professor Scott A Murray,
Chair of Conference Organising Committee
http://resources.bmj.com/bmj/about-bmj/media-partnerships/6398174.pdf |
