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Report 5th Research Forum of the EAPC
Trondheim, 29 - 31 May 2008
Some numbers
A faculty of 66 experts contributed to the success of the scientific programme as Chairs, speakers and poster guides.
531 abstracts had been submitted. All abstracts were be reviewed by three independent reviewers. The review process was blind. Only country and profession of the first author were be disclosed. The scientific committee then made the final decisions and selected abstracts for oral and poster presentations. A total of 446 abstracts were presented, 69 Abstracts were with drawn and 16 were rejected.
The selected abstracts (both oral and poster) were published in Palliative Medicine 2008; 20: 129_/279, download at
eapcnet.org/download/forCongresses/Trondheim/Trondheim2008AbstractBookPallMed.pdf
The 4 best abstracts were presented as free communications in plenary.
96 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.
346 posters were presented in the dedicated poster sessions.
The abstracts were classified in abstract categories (see table 1)
Table 1
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Trondheim 2008 categories
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total received
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sub totals
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late break-ing
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sub totals
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Oral present
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Posters
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With-drawn
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Rejected
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Symptoms
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0
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151
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0
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19
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0
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0
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0
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0
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• Pain
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61
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0
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14
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11
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40
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9
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1
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• Dyspnoea & breathlessness
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13
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0
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1
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2
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11
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0
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0
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• Fatigue & cachexia
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27
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0
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1
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7
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16
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4
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0
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• Cognitive symptoms and delirium
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5
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0
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1
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2
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3
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0
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0
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• Other symptoms
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45
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0
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2
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6
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31
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7
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1
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Topic areas
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0
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334
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0
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51
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0
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0
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0
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0
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• Assessment & measurement tools
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58
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0
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12
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0
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14
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39
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5
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0
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• Audit & quality control
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39
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0
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4
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0
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2
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30
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5
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2
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• Basic & translational research
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3
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0
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1
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0
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1
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2
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0
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0
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• Bereavement
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6
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0
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2
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0
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0
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4
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1
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1
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• End of life care & quality of death
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60
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0
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11
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0
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12
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38
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8
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2
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• Epidemiology
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8
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0
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2
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0
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2
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6
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0
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0
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• Ethics
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23
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0
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0
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0
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9
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10
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2
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2
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• Evaluation of education programmes
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16
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0
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0
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0
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3
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9
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4
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0
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• Family & care givers
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17
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0
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1
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0
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4
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9
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3
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1
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• Medical sociology
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9
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0
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1
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0
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3
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4
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1
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1
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• Psychology & communication
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18
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0
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1
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0
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1
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15
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2
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0
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• Research into organization of services
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33
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0
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6
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0
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4
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19
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8
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2
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• Research into policy
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16
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0
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3
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0
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2
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10
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3
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1
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• Research methodology
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28
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0
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7
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0
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3
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23
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1
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1
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Specific pathologies & patient groups
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0
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046
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0
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7
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0
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0
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0
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0
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• Cardio-pulmonary diseases
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3
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0
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0
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1
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2
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0
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0
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• HIV / AIDS
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3
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0
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0
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0
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2
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1
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0
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• Neurological disorders
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4
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0
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0
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2
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2
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0
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0
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• Other non-cancer
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9
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1
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0
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3
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5
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0
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1
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• Palliative Care in Children and Adolescents
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14
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3
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0
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3
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6
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5
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0
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• Palliative care in elderly
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13
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3
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0
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3
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10
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0
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0
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531
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531
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77
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77
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100
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346
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69
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16
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Participation
The forum was attended by a total of 1085 participants including exhibitors, who came from the following countries.
Tables 2
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a) Europe West
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Austria
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14
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Belgium
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78
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Denmark
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45
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Finland
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16
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France
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44
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Germany
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61
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Greece
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9
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Iceland
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2
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Ireland
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44
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Italy
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41
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Netherlands
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48
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Norway
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114
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Portugal
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11
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Spain
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98
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Sweden
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39
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Switzerland
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22
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United Kingdom
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180
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Total Participants
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866
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N° of Countries
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17
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b) Europe East
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Bosnia Herzegovina
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3
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Czech Republic
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7
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Latvia
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1
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Poland
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71
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Romania
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4
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Russia
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8
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Serbia
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1
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Slovakia
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14
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Slovenia
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2
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Total Participants
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111
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N° of Countries
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9
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c) Rest of World
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Argentina
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1
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Australia
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12
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Brazil
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1
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Canada
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17
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Israel
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6
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Japan
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7
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Jordan
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1
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Kenya
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1
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Korea South
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2
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New Zealand
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2
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Saudi Arabia
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1
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South Africa
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1
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Taiwan
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2
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Uganda
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1
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USA
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46
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Zimbawe
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1
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Total Participants
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102
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N° of Countries
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16
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