5. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin
April 6 - 7, 2005


9th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care
April 8 - 10, 2005


The 2005 Congress of the EAPC - a World Congress of Palliative Care
 

    
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
 


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THURSDAY, 7 April, 2005
 
Time Session Title Contents
18.15 - 19.45 Plenary OPENING 9th EAPC CONGRESS  
    GET TOGETHER  
       
FRIDAY, 8 April, 2005
 
Time Session Title Contents
8.00 - 8.45 Meet the expert Curriculum in palliative care nursing  
Meet the expert Palliative Care - an international perspective - The observatory  
Meet the expert Opioid Pharmacogenetics - does it matter clinically?  
Meet the expert Outcomes in palliative care research in the clinic  
9.00 - 9.30 Plenary Opening (Stein Kaasa, N)  
9.30 - 10.00 Plenary Floriani lecture (Stein Kaasa, N)  
11.00 - 12.30 Symposium Sedation in palliative Care  
Symposium Pediatrics in palliative Care  
Symposium Pain treatment pharmacological challenges (in the elderly and during end of life care)  
Symposium Palliative Care Networks  
12.45 - 14.15 Company Sponsored Satellite Symposium

No Time for Cancer Pain
New options from inventive drugs and formulations  

1. Cancer Pain Treatment - Time for a Change?
2. The Palladone® concept - Experience from Germany
3. Palladone®: A New Technology for Analgesic Therapy
14.30 - 15.00 Plenary Wasting Syndrome (Neil MacDonald, CAN)  
15.00 - 15.30 Plenary Palliative Care in Chronic Condition: extending our borders (Julia Addington Hall, UK)  
16.30 - 18.00 Symposium Understanding pain at the molecular level  
Symposium The place for nursing homes in palliative care  
Symposium Spiritual care from concept to service delivery  
Symposium Practical aspects of care  
16.30 - 18.00 Company Sponsored Satellite Symposium  

The World of Palliative Care - one World?

1. Hospices Services and Palliative Care in the United States...are they effective in our aging population?
2. Palliative care in Germany...a story of success?
3. Palliative Care in Haiti...what does it make different?

18.15 - 19.45      General Assembly EAPC   
SATURDAY, 9 April, 2005
 
Time Hall (Size) Title Contents
8.00 - 8.45 Meet the expert Curriculum in palliative care medicine  
Meet the expert Centres of excellency in palliative care - how to define and how to establish  
Meet the expert Audit in palliative care - does it word?  
Meet the expert EAPC guidelines on opioid treatment  
Meet the expert Nursing care - what is the optimal standard?  
Meet the expert Research in palliative care - how to get started  
9.00 - 9.30 Plenary Bereavement, grief and the clinical response (David Kissane, AUS)  
9.30 - 10.00 Plenary The volunteer in palliative care - a clearly defined role? (Monica Müller, D)  
11.00 - 12.30 Symposium Families - a resource for home care  
Symposium Dyspnea in palliative care - what's new?  
Symposium Prognostic Indicators in palliative care  
Symposium Cachexia and Anorexia in palliative care  
12.45 - 14.15 Company Sponsored Satellite Symposium Buprenorphine - a Challenge to Morphine?
Opioids in Palliative Care - Differentiation and Clinical Relevance
1. Opioid-induced respiratory effects - new data on buprenorphine
2. Opioids - immunology and clinical impact
3. Renal impairment - a challenge of opioid treatment?
4. Clinical experience with transdermal buprenorphine in cancer patients
14.30 - 15.00 Plenary Biology and pharmacology in the older patient
(Ola Dale, N)
 
15.00 - 15.30 Plenary Communication in cultural context: a challenge for palliative care (Daniela Mosoiu, RO)  
16.30 - 18.00 Symposium    
Symposium Palliative Care development  
Symposium Research - design of clinical studies  
Symposium Staff Support  
18.15 - 19.45  

Company Sponsored Satellite Symposium

       
SUNDAY, 10 April, 2005
 
Time Session Title Contents
8.00 - 8.45 Meet the expert Delirium in palliative care, diagnosis and treatment  
Meet the expert Opioid rotation - does it work?  
Meet the expert Social care - how important is it?  
Meet the expert Opioid Consumption - trends and changes  
9.00 - 9.30 Plenary Palliative Care in Europe: a view across the borders (Michael Wright, UK)  
9.30 - 10.00 Plenary Refractory Symptoms: complex problems require careful solutions (Sebastiano Mercadante, I)  
11.00 - 12.30 Symposium Neuropathic pain in cancer  
Symposium Research - new developments in qualitative research  
Symposium Research - ethics  
Symposium Research - measurement of QoL - subjective symptoms  
13.00 - 13.30 Plenary EAPC Award lecture  
13.30 - 14.00 Plenary Closing  
       
@ 2004 by Interplan AG

        

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