7TH CONGRESS OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION
FOR PALLIATIVE CARE

Palermo, Sicily, April 1 - 5, 2001

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Sunday, April 1, 2001

Organisational and Special Group Meetings

13:00-20:00

Registration and Distribution of Material

16:00-18:00   

General Assembly (Hall B)

18:30-19:45

Scientific Opening of the Congress
Followed by Welcome Reception (Hall A)

Monday, April 2, 2001

Hall A

Hall B

Hall C

Hall D

Hall E

Hall F

Hall G

Hall H

09:00-10:30 

Plenary Session I

10:30

Coffee Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

11:00-12:30  

Plenary Session II 

12:30

Lunch Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

12:30-14:00

Satellite Symposium: Application of New Pain Guidelines Across Palliative Care
Sponsored by Purdue/Munidpharma/Napp Group USA

14:30-16:00

1.
Ethical Principles in Palliative Care

25.
Palliative Care in ALS

2.
Physician Assisted Suicide and Patient Autonomy

8.
Opioid Rotation – Switching

16.
Psychotropics in Palliative Care

41.
The Dying Patient

55.
Activity of Research Network

62.
Current and Future Curricula in Palliative Care Education

16:00

Coffee Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

16:30-18:00

13.
Terminal Sedation

4.
Teaching Communication Skills to Teachers – Breaking Bad News

39.
Care for Unconscious Patients and their Families

58.
Children and Grief

21.
Clinical Pharmacology of Opioids

48.
Writing for Publication: Research Papers, Abstracts, Chapters/Books

42.
When to Stop Life Supporting Treatment

65.
Oral Presentations

19:30

Concert at Teatro Massimo

Tuesday, April 3, 2001

Hall A

Hall B

Hall C

Hall D

Hall E

Hall F

Hall G

Hall H

08:30-10:00 

Plenary Session III 

10:00

Coffee Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

10:30-12:30

33.
History and Present Organisation of Palliative Care – Cross Cultural Perspectives

7.
Family Information and Communication

9.
Pharmacological treatment of Dyspnoea

37.
Decision Making

45.
Quality of Life Indicators

Satellite Symposium: Opioid Therapy in the New Millennium
Sponsored by Janssen-Cilag, Italy

32.
Research in Health Services Organisation

12:30

Lunch Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

12:30-14:00

Satellite Symposium: Outpatient Palliative Care in Europe - Concepts and Tools
Sponsored by Grunenthal GmbH, Germany

14:30-16:00 

34.
Setting up a Hospice Programme, Home Care Programme

11.
Nutrition

3.
Advance Directives and Living Wills

6.
Patient Information on Diagnosis/
Prognosis (Class Cultural Differences)

51.
Validated Assessment Tools in Palliative Care

63.
Workshop: New Methods in Palliative Care Teaching

Satellite Symposium:
Meeting the Breakthrough Pain Challenge, New Standards of Treatment
Sponsored by Cephalon Inc., Switzerland

16:00

Coffee Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

16:30-18:00

15.
Management of Depression in Palliative Care

35.
Nursing Protocols for Patient Care in a Hospice and Home Care Assistance

10.
Management of Confusion

28.
Palliative Care in Neurological Diseases

40.
Family Needs

17.
Oncological
Treatment of Bone Metastases

5.
Palliative Care and Internet

66. Workshop: Teaching Interprofessional Communications Skills

18:30

Football (Soccer) match at Velodromo Paolo Borsellino followed by a Sicilian evening at the Fiera del Mediterraneo

Wednesday, April 4, 2001

Hall A

Hall B

Hall C

Hall D

Hall E

Hall F

Hall G

Hall H

08:30-10:00

Plenary Session IV 

10:00

Coffee Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

10:30-12:30

47.
Assessment Tools

61.
Death in the Mediterranean Culture

57.
Volunteers Training Process

43.
Spiritual and Emotional Needs

49.
Critical Appraisal of the Literature Identifying the Bias

64.
Multidisciplinary Teaching in Palliative Care

22.
Neurological Symptoms in Oncological Patients

12.
Steroids

12:30

Lunch Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

14:30-16:00

38.
Management of Symptoms in the Last 1-2 Weeks

36.
Symptom Assessment in Clinical Practices and Research

52.
How to Conduct Research

27.
Palliative Care in Chronic Disease

60.
The Volunteer Movement in the EAPC Countries – State of the Art

18.
Pain in Pediatrics

31.
Audit in Palliative Care – Organisational

16:00

Coffee Break, Poster and Exhibition Visit

16:30-18:00

54.
Ethical Dilemmas in Palliative Care Research

18:00-18:15
Closing Ceremony

53.
Nursing Research in Palliative Care; Challenges, Pitfalls and Recommendations

29.
Quality Improvement Programme

30.
Audit in Palliative Care – Clinical

23.
Elderly Cancer Patients

14.
Use of Anticoagulants and Antibiotics

26.
Palliative Care in Non Malignant Diseases (other than Neurological Disorders)

46.Complementary Therapies

20:00

Farewell Dinner at Palazzo Comitini (Optional)