Ethics |
1 Ethical Principles in
Palliative Care
2 Physician Assisted Suicide and Patient
Autonomy
3 Advance Directives and Living Wills |
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Communication |
4 Teaching Communication
Skills to Teachers
5 Breaking Bad News
6 Patient Information on Diagnosis/Prognosis
(Class Cultural Differences)
7 Family Information and Communication |
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Controversies
in Therapeutics |
8 Opioid Rotation - switching
9 Opioids for Dyspnoea
10 Management of Confusion
11 Nutrition
12 Steroids
13 Terminal Sedation
14 Use of Anticoagulants and Antibiotics
15 Depression
16 Use of Psychotropics
17 Treatment of Bone Metastases
18 Pain in Paediatrics
19 Advances in Oncology
20 Fatigue and Anorexia
21 Clinical Validity of Measurement of Opioid
Metabolites
22 Neurological Symptoms in Oncological
Patients
23 Elderly Cancer Patients
24 Invasive Techniques |
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Non-cancer |
25 Palliative Care in ALS
26 Palliative Care in AIDS
27 Palliative Care in Geriatrics
28 Palliative Care in Neurological Diseases |
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Public
Health Policy and Organisation |
29 Quality Improvement
Programme
30 Audit in Palliative Care: - Clinical
31 Audit in Palliative Care: - Organisational
32 Research in Health Services Organisation
33 History and Present Organisation of
Palliative Care - Cross Cultural Perspective
34 Setting Up a Hospice Programme, Home Care
Programme
35 Nursing Protocols for Patient Care in a
Hospice and Home Care Assistance |
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End-of-life care |
36 Symptom Assessment in
Clinical Practices and Research
37 Decision Making
38 Management of Symptoms in the last 1-2
weeks
39 Nursing Management of the Unconscious
Patient
40 Family Needs in the last 1-2 weeks
41 Pathophysiology of the "dying
patient"
42 When to Stop Life Supporting Treatment
43 Spiritual and Emotional Needs
44 Team conflicts, tension and stress |
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Quality
of Life |
45 Quality of Life Indicators
46 Quality of Life, Quality of Death
47 Assessment Tools |
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Research |
48 How to Write a Paper from A
to Z
49 Critical Reading of Articles
50 Journal Overview in Palliative Care
51 Validated Assessment Tools in Palliative
Care
52 How to Conduct Research
53 Research in Nursing
54 Ethical Dilemmas in Research
55 Activity of Research Network |
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Bereavement,
Loss, Grief and Family |
56 How to set up a Bereavement
Service (eg. Volunteer)
57 How to Train Volunteers
58 Children and Grief
59 Family as Carers
60 The Volunteer Movement in Europe - State
of the art
61 Death in Mediterranean Culture |
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Educational
Network |
62 Current and Future
Curricula in Palliative Care Education
63 Innovative Techniques in Palliative Care
Education
64 Multidisciplinary Teaching in Palliative
Care - Graduate and Postgraduate Studies |
| Sessions for Poster Discussion |
