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Report 4th Research Forum of the EAPC
Venice, Italy, 24-27 May 2006
Some numbers
58 invited speakers contributed to the success of the scientific programme as Chairs, coordinators and speakers in the 3 Plenary sessions, 10 themed sessions and the 2 Satellite Workshops with a total of 49 presentations.
575 Abstracts had been submitted. Each abstract was reviewed by 3 reviewers, who were blind for the authors and institutions and rated the abstracts as described in the abstract submission procedures. The scientific committee balanced the differences in reviewers’ mean scores and selected abstracts for plenary, new research data and poster viewing sessions. 48 Abstracts were with drawn and 47 were rejected. The selected abstracts (both oral and poster) were published in “Palliative Medicine 2006; 20: 129_/279. download at: https://eapcnet.org/congresses/Research2006.html
The 4 best abstracts were presented as free communications in plenary.
111 oral presentations were delivered in the new research data sessions which were managed by the chairs to dedicate time to both present and discuss the papers in a productive spirit.
365 posters were be presented in the dedicated poster sessions.
The Abstracts were classified in abstract Categories
Table 1:
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Venice 2006 - Collaborated to catalize Research
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Total Abstracts
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Free Comm
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Posters
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With-drawn
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Rejected
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Assessment
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55
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8
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36
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4
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7
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Basic & Translational Research
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10
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2
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7
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1
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0
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Bereavement & Family
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41
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6
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26
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7
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2
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Children
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9
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0
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9
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0
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0
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Communication & Family
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14
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6
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5
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2
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1
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Education
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17
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7
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9
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1
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0
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Epidemiology
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22
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8
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12
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1
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1
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Ethics
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35
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7
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23
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2
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3
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Methodology
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51
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7
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35
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7
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2
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Non Cancer
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22
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8
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13
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0
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1
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Symptoms
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82
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22
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51
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5
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4
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Pain
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69
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11
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44
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6
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8
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Terminal Care & PC in the Elderly
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32
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8
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18
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2
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4
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Policy
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38
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7
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22
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7
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2
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Service Organisation & Place of Care
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78
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8
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55
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3
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12
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Total received
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575
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115
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365
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48
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47
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Total accepted
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480
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Participation
The forum was attended by a total of 1037 participants, and 37 exhibitors.
The 1037 participants came from the following countries.
Table 2: a, b, c
| a) West Europe |
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| Austria |
15
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Belgium
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82
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| Denmark |
43
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| Finland |
11
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| France |
26
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| Germany |
58
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| Greece |
14
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| Iceland |
2
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| Ireland |
25
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| Italy |
100
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| Malta |
2
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| Netherlands |
57
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| Norway |
57
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| Portugal |
11
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| Spain |
37
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| Sweden |
54
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| Switzerland |
43
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| Turkey |
1
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| United Kingdom |
181
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| Total Participants |
819
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| N° of Countries |
19
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| b) East Europe |
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| Bulgaria |
2
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| Croatia |
2
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| Czech Republic |
8
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| Hungary |
6
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| Lithuania |
4
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| Poland |
28
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| Romania |
3
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| Russia |
3
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| Slovakia |
4
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| Slovenia |
4
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| Total Participants |
65
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| N° of Countries |
10
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| c) Rest of the World |
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| Argentina |
3
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| Australia |
29
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| Brazil |
3
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| Canada |
34
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| Colombia |
1
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| Egypt |
1
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| India |
2
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| Indonesia |
1
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| Israel |
12
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| Japan |
3
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| South Korea |
1
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| Lebanon |
1
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| Malaysia |
1
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| Mexico |
1
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| New Zealand |
2
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| Philippines |
1
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| Singapore |
1
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| Sudan |
1
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| Taiwan |
4
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| Uganda |
1
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| USA |
46
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| Vietnam |
4
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| Total Participants |
153
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| N° of Countries |
22
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Of the 1037 participants only 837 who had indicated their profession as reported in Table 3
| Profession |
2006
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| Clergy |
2
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| Dieticien |
2
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| Ethician |
2
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| Journalist |
6
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| Lay-person (administration) |
16
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| Nurse |
151
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| Occupational Therapist |
1
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| Paramedical |
3
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| Pharmacist |
11
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| Physician |
583
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| Physiotherapist |
3
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| Psychiatrist |
1
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| Psychologist |
24
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| Social Worker |
13
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| Sociologist |
14
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| Statistician |
3
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| Student |
1
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| Volunteer coordinator |
1
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| Total Participants |
837
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| N° of professions |
18
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