8th Annual Intensive Physician Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine September 4 –6, 2012 Supportive Care, Hospice and Palliative Medicine September 7 –8, 2012 16th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on The following Review Course will be offered prior to the Conference NEW: Webinar sessions for Physicians Board Review Course Save e Date! September 4–8, 2012 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Main Building, Hickey Auditorium, Floor 11 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas FEATURING: J. Andrew Billings, MD Former Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Palliative Care Service, and Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care.
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8th Annual Intensive Physician Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
September 4–6, 2012
Supportive Care, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
September 7–8, 2012
16th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on
The following Review Course will be offered prior to the Conference
NEW: Webinar sessions for Physicians Board Review Course
Save The Date!September 4–8, 2012
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterMain Building, Hickey Auditorium, Floor 111515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas
FEATURING: J. Andrew Billings, MDFormer Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Palliative Care Service,
and Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care.
September 7–8, 2012...... 16th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Supportive Care, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
September 4–6, 2012...... 8th Annual Intensive Physician Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine
EVENT FOCUS:Attendees at this conference will learn state-of-the-art pain and symptom management. Effective communication with patients and families at the end-of-life and issues of hope and grief in patients and families dealing with advanced diseases will be discussed. Also to be discussed are moral and ethical dilemmas facing clinicians who provide end-of-life care. An intensive physician board review course in hospice and palliative medicine will be offered.
TARGET AUDIENCE:Palliative care or hospice physicians, oncologists, internal medicine physicians, family practice physicians, psychiatrists, and/or anesthesiologists. Other professionals including: hospice, nursing, psychology, chaplaincy, ethics, and/or sociology.