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11th Congress of the EAPC 2009
assigned to the Austrian Society for Palliative Care 
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“COMMITTED TO PEOPLE”
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We would like to invite you to the 11th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, to be held in Vienna 7th - 10th May 2009.
Vienna has been a melting-pot of different cultures and people, situated in the centre of Europe and a communication point between East and West. We want to use this position and discuss the different views and developments of medical, social, ethical, political, economical and other areas, but with the focus of care on the patient at the centre of palliative care.
The last congresses of the European Association for Palliative Care in Aachen and Budapest have shown the international reputation of the EAPC which already reach far beyond Europe.
The Congress in Vienna will build up on this reputation and expand it even further. The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC), Help the Hospices, ESMO, IPSO and other Pan National Associations will be invited to join in the preparations of the Congress, confirming again this congress being the worldwide conference on palliative care.
Results from the 'Budapest Commitments', a two-year campaign on advocacy with the national associations, will be presented in Vienna, as a symbol for a new area in joint venture in Palliative Care for patients, relatives and carers.
We hope to see you in Vienna !
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Friedemann Nauck
Scientific Committee
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Hans-Georg Kress
Organising Committee
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- Symptom control – what evidence is required
- Geriatrics in palliative care – concepts for the future
- Palliative care in children
- Needs for palliative care in non-oncology patients
- Outcome in palliative care – assessment and measurement
- Resilience in palliative care – a shift of paradigm
- Concepts of autonomy - which are useful?
- End-of-life-decisions - what make them difficult?
- Euthanasia - different ways in Europe
- Education and training – challenges and opportunities
- Palliative nursing – how to develop specialisation
- Grief and bereavement in the context of different cultural settings
- Standards in palliative care – do we need concepts for a national standard
- Research in palliative care – what are the goals and limits
- Advocacy – stakeholders and decision makers
Congress Site: Austria Centre Vienna Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 4, 1220 Vienna
Congress language: The lectures and discussions will be held in English.
Working groups: Rooms will be available for working groups on a first come – first served basis.
Abstract submission: A call for abstracts will be issued in April 2008, inviting you to send abstracts for oral communications or posters.
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COMMITTEES
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Scientific Committee:
Friedemann Nauck (Chair), D
Philip Larkin (Co-Chair), Irl
Stein Kaasa, N
Carl-Johan Fürst, S
Sheila Payne, UK
Katalin Hegedus, H
Steffen Eychmüller, CH
Maria Nabal, E
Franco de Conno, I
Geoffrey Hanks, UK
Hans G. Kress, A
Imke Strohscheer, A
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Local Organizing Committee:
Hans G. Kress (Chair)
Franz Zdrahal (Co-Chair)
Imke Strohscheer
Michaela Werni
Rudolf Likar
Gerda Hohenberg
Theresia Ulrich
Helen Neubacher
Heidi Blumhuber
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CONTACTS
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Prof. Dr. Friedemann Nauck
Department of Palliative Care
Medical University Göttingen
D-37075 Göttingen, Germany
Phone ++49-551 - 39 10500
Fax ++49-551 - 39 10502
Email:
www.palliativmedizin.göttingen.de
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Prof. DDr. Hans G. Kress
Dept. Special Anaesthesia and Pain Management
Medical University/
AKH Vienna
A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Phone ++43 1 40400 - 4144
Fax ++43 1 40400 - 6422
Email: b-anaesthesie@meduniwien.ac.at
www.anaesthesie-b.meduniwien.ac.at
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European Association for Palliative Care
Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milano, Italy
Phone ++39-02 – 2390 3390
Fax ++39-02 – 2390 3393
Email:
eapcnet.org
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