PROGRAM AT A GLANCE*
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
| 09:00-11:30 | Plenary Session | ||
| 09:00-09:30 | Opening Ceremony | ||
| 09:30-10:00 | Palliative Care in Israel and in the Middle East M. Bercovitch, Israel |
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| 10:00-10:30 | The law for the dying A. Steinberg, Israel |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Palliative Care – setting standards of Palliative Care – global issue L. Radbruch, Germany |
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| 11:00-11:30 | The Middle East Cancer Consortium - a promoter to Palliative Care training in the Middle East M. Silbermann, Israel |
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| 11:30-12:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Parallel Session: Hall A | Parallel Session: Hall B | Parallel Session: Hall C |
| Palliative Care in Different Cultures | Legal and Ethical Aspects of the Dying Patient | Psycho-Oncology | |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | Plenary Sessions | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | Innovations in Neuropathic Pain E. Bruera, USA |
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| 14:30-15:00 | Innovations in Bone pain N. Cherny, Israel |
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| 15:00-15:30 | Innovations in Breakthrough Pain S. Mercadante, Italy |
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:00-17:00 | Parallel Session: Hall A | Parallel Session: Hall B | Parallel Session: Hall C |
| Palliative Care in Bone Metastasis | Complementary and Alternative Therapy | Invasive Procedures for Pain Control | |
| 19:30 | Get Together Cocktail | ||
Thursday, March 20, 2008
| 08:30-10:30 | Plenary Session | |||
| 08:30-09:00 | Healing the Healer A. Haramati, USA |
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| 09:00-09:30 | Easing of Suffering in Children with Life-Threatening Conditions J. Wolfe, USA |
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| 09:30-10:00 | The Family within the Illness Context; Cultural Diversity L. Baider, Israel |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Research in Palliative Care E. Bruera, USA |
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| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break | |||
| 10:45-12:00 | Parallel Session: Hall A | Parallel Session: Hall B | Parallel Session: Hall C | Parallel Session: Hall D |
| Workshop: Palliative Care decisions in adolescent with cancer - an integrative workshop |
Home Care in Different Cultures, Coping with Limited Resources | Talking with the Families of Terminally Ill Patients | Workshop: Healing the Healer |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |||
| 13:00-15:45 | Plenary Sessions | |||
| 13:00-13:30 | WHO ladder: New findings about the Second step and Titration! F. De Conno, Italy |
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| 13:30-14:00 | The Importance of Measurement Indicators in Palliative Care F. Mwangi-Powell, Uganda |
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| 14:00-14:30 | A Classification system for Cancer Pain? R. Fainsinger, Canada |
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| 14:30-14:45 | Break | |||
| 14:45-15:15 | Communication and Teamwork Jim Shalom, Israel |
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| 15:15-15:45 | Standards and measuring qualitiy palliative care around the word S. Connor, USA |
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| 15:45-16:15 | Why Promoting the Integration of Palliative Care in Nursing Home Practice is Worthwhile M. De Vlieger, Belgium |
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| 16:15-16:45 | Coffee Break | |||
| 16:45-17:30 | Parallel Session: Hall A | Parallel Session: Hall B | Parallel Session: Hall C | Parallel Session: Hall D |
| Research in Palliative Care | Quality of Services | Dying with dignity | Workshop: Cancer Pain education |
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| 20:00 | Purim Carnival Party | |||
Friday, March 21, 2008
| 08:30-10:00 | Plenary Session | ||
| 08:30-09:30 | Dignity-Conserving Care: Challenges and Opportunities H. Chochinov, Canada |
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| 09:30-10:00 | Spiritual Care: an Integral component of the interdisciplinary management of patients near the end of life. B. Kinzbrunner, USA |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 10:30-11:30 | Parallel Session: Hall A | Parallel Session: Hall B | Parallel Session: Hall C |
| Fear of Death in Different Cultures. How to Manage it? | Hospice Care – What We Do and What We Don’t | Spirituality in Different Cultures | |
| 11:30-11:45 | Plenary Sessions | ||
| 11:45-12:30 | Palliation in Geriatric Medicine Y. Berner, Israel |
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| 12:30-13:00 | The will to live and survival at Old Age: Gender Differences S. Carmel, Israel |
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| 13:00-13:45 | Lunch | Voluntary Session: Compilation of Spiritual texts of different faiths and cultures J. Vosburgh, Israel |
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| 13:45-14:30 | Parallel Session: Hall A | Parallel Session: Hall B | Parallel Session: Hall C |
| Workshop: The Experiential Landscape of Nearing Death |
Palliative Care for Non Cancer illnesses | Quality of Life, Quality of Care | |
| 14:30-14:45 | Plenary Sessions | ||
| 14:45-15:15 | The Story of Joanna Drazba J. Luczak, Poland |
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| 15:15 | Closing Ceremony | ||
