The
Conference is designed for healthcare workers (doctors, nurses,
social workers, case managers, pharmacists, and other allied
health professionals) who are involved or interested in end-of-life
care.
Programme at a Glance (Click
here
for detailed Scientific Programme)
Time
FRIDAY, 29
AUGUST 2008
8:00-8:45
Registration
8:45-9:00
Opening
Ceremony and Welcome Address
9:00-9:45
PLENARY
1
Respecting
Choices: Dignity - the Essence of Medicine
9:45-10:30
PLENARY
2
Respecting
Choices: From Bitter to Bittersweet: Resilience
& Transformation from Grief and Bereavement
10:30-11:00
Tea
Break
11:00-12:30
SYMPOSIUM
1
Challenges
in Palliative Care: Grasping the Intangible
The Experiential Landscape of Terminal Illness
Measuring the Unmeasurable: Grief and Bereavement
12:30
Lunch
and Poster Viewing/Judging
2:00-3:30
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
SESSION
1
Evolving
Roles in Nursing Practice Evidence-Based Practice vs Practice-Based
Evidence
Palliative Advanced Practice Nurse -Brave
New World?
SESSION
2
Evolving
Roles in Palliative Care for Complementary
Therapies Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese Medicine
Music Therapy
SESSION
3
Evolving
Roles for Palliative Care Services Dying in Hospital: Not Always a Failure?
Inpatient Hospices: Staying Relevant in Changing
Times
3:30-4:00
Tea
Break
4:00-5:15
SYMPOSIUM
2
Challenges
in Palliative Care (Case-Based Discussion):
Should We or Should We Not? Managing Difficult
Pain - Choosing between Opioid Rotation and
Interventional Procedure
5:15
End
of Day 1
Time
SATURDAY,
30 AUGUST 2008
8:45-9:00
Registration
9:00-10:30
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
SESSION
4
Mainstreaming
Psychosocial Care: For whom, and by
whom? Spiritual Care
Bereavement Care
SESSION
5
Mainstreaming
Non-Cancer Palliative Care: When &
How? When do Chronic Diseases become Palliative?
Dementia Palliative Care
SESSION
6
Mainstreaming
Palliative Care in the Community End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes
Dying to go Home
Primary Palliative Care: An Old Idea
Whose Time Has Come?
10:30-11:00
Tea
break
11:00-12:30
SYMPOSIUM
3
Challenges
in Palliative Care (Case-Based Discussion):
Mad, Sad or Bad? Distinguishing between
Depression, Demoralisation and Personality
12:30
Lunch
and Poster Viewing/Judging
2:00-3:30
CONCURRENT
SESSIONS
SESSION
7
Difficult
Ethical Issues Palliative Sedation
Advanced Care Planning
SESSION
8
Difficult
Clinical Issues The Difficult Patient
The Difficult Family
3:30-4:00
Tea
Break
4:00-4:45
PLENARY
3 Respecting
Choices: Are We Ready for the Challenge?
