July 2004
July 16-18, 2004, Taking Leadership in Dementia Care: 12th National Alzheimer's Disease Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association, 225 North Michigan Ave, Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601-7633. FMI visit the Web site: http://www.alz.org/educationconference2004/overview.htm.
August 2004
August 12-14, 2004, Current Concepts in Palliative Care: Update and Review Program, Schaumberg, IL. Sponsored by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 4700 W. Lake Ave, Glenview, IL 60025; telephone 847-375-4715; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.aahpm.org/.
August 14-16, 2004, ELNEC Pediatric Palliative Care Training Program, Pasadena, CA. Sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 530, Washington, DC 20036. FMI telephone: 202-463-6930; fax: 202-785-8320.
September 2004
September 2-4, 2004, Current Concepts in Palliative Care: Update and Review Program and Hospice Medical Directors Course, San Diego, CA. Sponsored by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 4700 W. Lake Ave, Glenview, IL 60025; telephone: 847-375-4715; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.aahpm.org/.
September 10, 2004, Decision Making in Clinical Pain Medicine: 30th Anniversary Meeting of the Eastern Pain Association, New York, NY. Sponsored by EPA, Regional Section of the American Pain Society, PO Box 11086, Richmond, VA 23230-1086. FMI contact Kay Holmes, telephone: 804-282-0063; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.easternpain.org.
September 19-23, 2004, 15th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill, Montreal, Canada. Sponsored by the Palliative Care Division, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, McGill University School of Medicine, Gerald Bronfman Centre, 546 Pine Ave West, Montreal, PQ, Canada. FMI contact Events International Meeting Planners, 759 Victoria Square, Suite 300, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 2J7; telephone: 514-286-0855; e-mail: [email protected]; or Web: http://www.eventsintl.com/PAL2004/registration/index.html.
September 28-29, 2004, Fourth Annual Hospice Inpatient Institute, Washington, DC. Sponsored by Weatherbee Resources, Inc., and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 1700 Diagonal Rd, Suite 625, Alexandria, VA 22314. FMI telephone: 703-837-1500; Web: http://www.nhpco.org.
September 30-October 2, 2004, 19th Management and Leadership Conference, including the Hospice Manager Development Program, Washington, DC. Sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 1700 Diagonal Rd, Suite 625, Alexandria, VA 22314. FMI telephone: 703-837-1500; Web: http://www.nhpco.org.
October 2004
October 14-16, 2004, Humanity, Technology, and Perinatology: Good Ethics Based on Good Information-A Conference on Perinatal Ethics, including Palliative Care, Pain and Symptom Management, San Diego, CA. Sponsored by the National Perinatal Association, 2090 Linglestown Rd, Suite 107, Harrisburg, PA 17110; telephone 888-971-3295; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.nationalperinatal.org. FMI contact Anita Catlin, DNSc, FNP, FAAN, at [email protected].
October 15-17, 2004, Practical Aspects in Palliative Medicine: Integrating Palliative Care into Clinical Practice, Boston, MA. Sponsored by the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education and the HMS Center for Palliative Care. FMI contact HMS Center for Palliative Care, Massa-chusetts General Hospital, Founders House 606, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114; telephone: 617-724-9509; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare.
October 24-27, 2004, The Transcendence of Home Care: National Association for Home Care and Hospice 23rd Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. Sponsored by National Association for Home Care, 228 7th St, SE, Washington, DC 20003. FMI telephone 866-270-6242; e-mail [email protected]; Web: http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Meetings/meetings.html.
November 2004
November 10-13, 2004, Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow: Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium XXII, New York, NY. Sponsored by the Chemotherapy Foundation and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology. FMI contact Jaclyn Silverman, Conference Coordinator, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Box 1079, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029; telephone: 212-241-6772; e-mail [email protected]; Web: http://www.mssm.edu/tcf.
November 10-16, 2004, The Program in Palliative Care Education & Practice, Part 2, Boston, MA. Sponsored by the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education and the HMS Center for Palliative Care. FMI contact HMS Center for Palliative Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Founders House 606, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114; telephone: 617-724-9509; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/cdi/pallcare.
November 12-14, 2004, First Annual Pediatric Palliative Care Conference, Linking Hands, Linking Hearts: Caring for Seriously Ill Children and their Grieving Families, Dearborn, MI. Sponsored by the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. FMI contact NHPCO, 1700 Diagonal Rd, Suite 625, Alexandria, VA 22314. FMI telephone: 703-837-1500; Web: http://www.nhpco.org.
2005
January 2005
January 19, 2005, Preconference Events of the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, New Orleans, LA. Cosponsored by AAHPM and HPNA. FMI contact HPNA, One Penn Center West, Suite 229, Pittsburgh, PA 15276; telephone: 412-787-9301; Web: http://www.hpna.org; e-mail: [email protected].
January 20-23, 2005, Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, New Orleans, LA. Cosponsored by AAHPM and HPNA. FMI contact HPNA, One Penn Center West, Suite 229, Pittsburgh, PA 15276; telephone: 412-787-9301; Web: http://www.hpna.org; e-mail: [email protected].
January 21-23, 2005, 2005 NAHC Private Duty & Human Resources Summit, Las Vegas, NV. Sponsored by the National Association for Home Care, 228 7th St, SE, Washington, DC 20003. FMI telephone: 866-270-6242; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Meetings/meetings.html.
March 2005
March 30-April 2, 2005, 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society, Boston, MA. Sponsored by the APS, 4700 W. Lake Ave, Glenview, IL 60025; telephone: 847-375-4715; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.ampainsoc.org/meeting/.
April 2005
April 6-10, 2005, Ninth Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Aachen, Germany. Sponsored by the EAPC Head Office, c/o National Cancer Institute, Via Venezian 1, I-20133 Milan, Italy. FMI and for accommodations, contact INTERPLAN Congress, Meeting & Event Management AG, Albert-Rosshaupter-Strasse 65, D-81369 Munich, Germany; e-mail: [email protected]; Web: http://www.eapcnet.org/Aachen2005/in/index.html.
April 10-13, 2005, National Policy Conference and HOMECARExpo, Washington, DC. Sponsored by National Association for Home Care, 228 7th St, SE, Washington, DC 20003. FMI telephone: 866-270-6242; e-mail [email protected]; Web: http://www.nahc.org/NAHC/Meetings/meetings.html.
April 14-16, 2005, Disseminating End-of-Life Education to Cancer Centers (DELEtCC), Pasadena, CA. Sponsored by the City of Hope National Medical Center, Department of Nursing Research and Education, 1550 E. Duarte Rd, Duarte, CA 91010. FMI visit the Web site http://deletcc.coh.org.
April 21-23, 2005, Science, Skills and Soul: Advancing the Continuum of Care-NHPCO's 6th Clinical Team Conference, Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 1700 Diagonal Rd, Suite 625, Alexandria, VA 22314. FMI telephone: 703-837-1500; Web: http://www.nhpco.org.
April 28-May 1, 2005, Annual ONS Congress, Orlando, FL. Sponsored by the Oncology Nursing Society, 501 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2749; telephone: 412-921-7373; Web: http://www.ons.org.