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| Working Group: News and Links Conferences Archives (Updated 03/11/2002)
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| Conference Announcements and Summaries Archives |
| MARCH 2001 - JUNE 2001 |
Conference Report: End-of-Life Care: Advance Directives (American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP/ASIM) Annual Session; March 29 - April 1, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia)
Conference Report: Innovations in Hospice and Palliative Care (The 2nd Joint Clinical Conference and Exposition on Hospice and Palliative Care; March 23-26, 2001, Orlando, Florida)
Selected Highlights from the 7th Annual Conference of The British HIV Association (The AIDS Reader, June 18, 2001) |
| JULY 2001 |
Conference Summary: Skirting the Issue of End-of-Life Care (Medscape, July, 2001)
Congressional Briefing on Promoting Quality Care Near the End of Life: What Policymakers Need to Know (July 18, 2001) |
| AUGUST 2001 |
End of Life Programming at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (Aug. 24-28, 2001) APA 109th Annual Convention: Healthy Lives in Context (Aug. 24-28, 2001) |
| SEPTEMBER 2001 |
Administration on Aging's National Family Caregiver Support Program (Sept. 6-7, 2001)
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's 16th Management and Leadership Conference Hospice and Palliative Care: Evidence, Advocacy and Action (Sept. 23-26, 2001)
Delivering End-of-Life Care in a Rural Setting (Joan Gibson, PhD) (Friday, Sept. 28 at 11AM ET)
Pain and Palliative Care: More Than Just End-of-Life Care (Ann Berger, R.N., M.S.N., M.D.) (Sept. 25, 2001)
Applied Social Work Issues (Various Sessions from Sept. to Dec. -- UNC Chapel Hill - School of Social Work) |
| OCTOBER 2001 |
ASA'S FALL 2001 Web-Enhanced Seminar Series: "Mental Health Issues in Aging" (Oct.-Nov., 2001)
Dying Well: Helping People Find Peace and Possibilities (Oct. 4-5, 2001). For more information, call (800) 222-0609
Center to Advance Palliative Care Fall Forum (Oct. 7-9, 2001, Chicago, IL) Cultural Aspects of the Psychotherapeutic Process by Martin L. Korn, MD (American Psychiatric Association - 53rd Institute on Psychiatric Services, Oct. 10, 2001) Measuring Outcomes in Psychiatry by Joseph Battaglia, MD (American Psychiatric Association - 53rd Institute on Psychiatric Services, Oct. 10, 2001)
Forgiveness and Mental Health (Oct. 11, 2001, Universal City, California). For more information, call (626) 254-5036 or email Pacific Clinics
9th Annual Ethics and Aging Conference: Caring for those in Need (Oct. 11-12, 2001, Tulsa, OK). For more information, call (405) 744-7511
Reminiscence and Life-Review (Oct. 11-13, 2001, Chicago, IL). For more information, call John Kunz at (715) 394-8469 or (800) 370-9882
Comfort the Dying: Healing Ways to Care (Oct. 19, 2001, Los Altos, CA). For more information, call Gerry at (408) 253-4300, Ext. 67 or email Gerry@Sunny4care.comCoping With Cancer: A Psychosocial Approach by Robert S. Mocharnuk, MD (European Cancer Conference, ECCO 11, Oct. 21, 2001) Last Acts Audio Teleconference: A Call for Balance Relieving Pain, Preventing Abuse (National Press Club, Oct. 23, 2001)
8th Biennial National Conference of Shepherd's Centers of America : Facing Change, Finding Meaning (Oct. 27-30, 2001, Lake Junaluska, NC). For more information, call (704) 567-9240, Ext. 67 or email Shepherd Centers
Last Acts Partners National Family Caregivers Association and National Alliance for Caregiving Sponsoring Train-the-Trainer Workshop for Family Caregivers (March 9-10, 2002, Register by Oct. 31). For more information, call (508) 854-0431 or email John Paul Marosy, project director39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Rates of Most HIV-Related Diseases No Longer Falling (Oct. 28, 2001, San Francisco, CA) 39th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Has HAART Really Improved Mortality in Patients With Advanced HIV Disease? (Oct. 28, 2001, San Francisco, CA) |
| NOVEMBER 2001 |
Infinity Foundation Practitioners' Network Association 2nd Annual Conference Dynamic Balance: Integrating Healing, Health & Spirituality (Nov. 3 - 4, 2001)
Spirituality of Aging and Caregiving (Nov. 5-9, 2001, Burlingame, CA). For more information, call (650) 340-7486 or email S. Peters
Spiritual Care at the End of Life (Nov. 8, 2001, Chicago, IL). For more information, call (877) 944-4401
Hightlights from: Lighting the Future of HIV/AIDS Nursing: 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (Minneapolis, Nov. 11 - 14, 2001)
Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting: "2001 - A Gerontological Odyssey: Exploring Science, Society, and Spirituality" (Nov. 15 - 18, 2001)
Last Acts "Ask the Expert" Call Features Timothy Quill on Doctor-Patient Communication (Nov. 16, 2001)
Second Last Acts Regional Meeting (Nov. 28-29, 2001, Philadelphia, PA). For more information, call (312) 751-1317 or email Jody Wasson |
| DECEMBER 2001 |
Approaching Dying: Improving How We Pay for Care Near the End of Life (Dec. 5, 2001, 12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Union Station, Wash. DC). For more information, call (617) 384-8600 or email hms-cme@hms.harvard.edu
Harvard Medical School's Spirituality and Healing in Medicine: Practical Usage in Contemporary Healthcare Conference (Dec. 15-17, 2001, Boston, MA). For more information, call (617) 384-8600 or email hms-cme@hms.harvard.edu |
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