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15th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill
Montreal Canada, September 18-23, 2004
For complete details go to URL:
http://www.eventsintl.com/pal2004/home.html
Attendees of Seminar 5 "Research Informing Practice in Palliative and End-of-Life Care." are invited to submit an abstract for poster display within their seminar. After their seminar, the posters will be transferred and combined with all other posters in the exhibit hall.
Submission deadline: June 15th, 2004
Submissions are welcome for poster presentations in the
following categories:
Aging & Geriatrics
Care for the Caregiver
Educational Issues
Ethical Issues
Global Development of Palliative Care: The Role of IAHPC
Loss and Bereavement
Pediatrics
Psychosocial Issues
Rehabilitation including Nutrition, Complementary
Therapies,
Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
Symptom Control
Spirituality Volunteers
Submission deadline: June 15th, 2004
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT from EPERC
The Medical College of Wisconsin is offering a 2-½ day training program for hospitals wishing to start either an adult or pediatric palliative
care program.
Program objectives:
·Learn how to start and maintain a financially viable program;
·Learn how to work with hospital administrators to obtain financial support;
·Learn how to construct a clinical service model to meet your clinical care needs;
·Learn how track data to monitor program success;
·Learn how to work with physicians to increase referrals.
This program is suitable for hospitals at all phases of program development, from earliest planning to new and established programs.
Program dates still open for 2004 include: September 7-9; October 18-20, November 10-12 and December 8-10.
The Medical College of Wisconsin is one of six National Palliative Care Leadership Centers, Sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Contact Sandra Muchka for more
information -- mailto:[email protected] or visit the CAPC website: www.capc.org and click on "Palliative Care Leadership Centers".
David E. Weissman, MD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, EPERC; End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center;
www.eperc.mcw.edu
(P) 414 805-4607
(F) 414 805-4608
Clinical Practice Guidelines
This month a consortium of five leading US palliative care organizations released the first national clinical practice
guidelines for palliative care. The guidelines are designed to help hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and health systems that are establishing palliative care programs to ensure high quality,
state-of-the-art palliative care. Information on the guidelines can be found at: http://www.nationalconsensusproject.org
UK Forum for Hospice and Palliative Care
Worldwide Annual Conference
November 3rd, 2004
British Library, London
Information and Registration:
Louise Gray
Help the Hospices
34-44 Britannia Street,
London, WC1X 9JG
Email : [email protected]
Tel: 020 7520 8209 Fax: 020 7278 1021
UICC World Conference for Cancer Organisations
17 - 19 November 2004
Dublin, Ireland
We invite you to submit abstracts for oral, poster or workshop presentation at the UICC World Conference for Cancer Organisations.
We welcome abstracts on a number of programme themes. You can submit your abstract online at www.wcco.uicc.org. The deadline for submission is 21 May 2004.
Programme Themes: http://www.wcco.uicc.org/pages/abstracts/abstracts.htm
All abstracts are to be submitted in English in Microsoft Word format on the template page provided and authors are to indicate their preferred method of presentation - oral, poster or workshop.
All submissions will be subject to review by the International Abstract Reviewing Committee.
Once you log onto and register your details with the online abstract handling system, you will then receive an email providing detailed instructions and a template for submitting your abstract.
We look forward to receiving your abstract and seeing you in Dublin.
For more details on the conference, visit www.wcco.uicc.org
Best regards,
WCCO Organising Committee
UICC World Conference for Cancer Organisations
November 17 - 19, 2004 Dublin, Ireland
Belgrade
It is my pleasure to inform you about one-day EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER PATIENTS, which will be held in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, on Saturday, October 2nd, 2004., under the auspices of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer.
The goal of the course is to promote supportive care discipline in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. Topics are selected to cover evaluation and management of major symptoms experienced by cancer patients and of major toxicities induced by anticancer treatment. Current management strategies will be reviewed and discussed by the many leading international experts in the field.
May I also invite you to visit the Symposium website:
www.passport.zepter.co.yu/sccbgd
Kind regards,
Dr Snezana Bosnjak, Belgrade, SCG
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Fellowship Program Grants
Request for Applications for Awards to Palliative Care Fellowship Programs
Information and Application in ">http://www.aahpm.org/fellowship/fellowgrant.html
IAHPC Clearing House Project
Donate books and journals to be sent to colleagues in developing countries. Contact Ms. De Lima @ [email protected]
Join IAHPC
Please consider joining the IAHPC's effort to improve palliative care in developing countries. We recently developed a new sliding fee schedule. Join by Clicking on this secure Membership Application -->
http://www.hospicecare.com/join.htm
Or Contact
Ms. Ana Restrepo
E-mail: [email protected]
Thanks to all contributors to this issue.
The Material that follows is mostly repetitious of last month's issue of IAHPC's On-Line News. If you are new to our Newsletter, or Website, please read on.
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