Titel: 17th International Congress on Palliative Care

Termin: 23.9.2008, 9:00 Uhr, bis 26.9.2008, 17:30 Uhr

Veranstaltungsort:
Palais des Congrès
(Montréal Convention Centre)
201 Viger Street West
Montréal, Québec
Canada

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.pal2008.com/

Kurzbeschreibung: The 17th Montréal International Congress will continue to promote the exchange of leading edge ideas in our rapidly growing discipline of palliative care. Since its beginnings over 30 years ago, this biennial Congress has seen increasing agreement in the field that palliative care should be provided from diagnosis, hence the shift to "Palliative Care" from "Care of the Terminally Ill" in its title. Presentations increasingly cover non-malignant disease, rehabilitation and supportive care issues, as well as the ever important terminally ill person with cancer.

For the first time we are offering a trilingual Congress. We are making a positive effort to include our Spanish-speaking colleagues from around the world by offering them the possibility of presenting in Spanish and also simultaneous translation in that language as well as in French for many presentations. We present a forum for discussion of issues that affect our colleagues in Africa and in other resource-constrained areas and settings. We will explore important questions such as: how can developed and developing nations collaborate in palliative care development, to make palliative care available to all as a basic human right?

We continue to support a holistic orientation and an emphasis on selfreflection, spiritual and cultural issues, and the inclusion of the family in the unit of care. Nursing education, in both the developed and the developing world, is an area of increasing focus. We need discussions on the status of palliative medicine as a specialty or subspecialty. How do we evaluate our new clinical and education programs? For experienced and new practitioners alike, the program offers the latest evidence-based overview of pain and symptom control issues in a special Clinical Day. New and seasoned researchers will have the opportunity to present their work in oral presentations or in interactive poster sessions. As always, participation of the conference delegates during discussions is a valued contribution from which we all learn. We will participate in all these exchanges while maintaining the holistic viewpoint of this Congress and while honouring our interdisciplinary traditions. Whether as a new or a seasoned participant, I enthusiastically invite you to join us in Montréal in September 2008!

Kontakt: c/o O'Donoughue & Associates Event Management
75 chemin Mountain
Mansonville, Québec J0E 1X0
Canada
Tel.: +1 - 450 - 2 92 34 56 ext. 227
Fax: +1 - 450 - 2 92 34 53
info@pal2008.com

Schlagworte: Gesundheitswesen, Medizinische Ethik, Palliativbehandlung