EAPC 2017-World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care

EAPC 2017-World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care

on Thursday May 18, 2017 at 8:00 am (ends Saturday May 20, 2017 at 8:00 pm)

Summary:

The congress will cover all aspects of palliative care including pain and symptom management, cost-effectiveness of palliative care, complementary medicines.

Description:

More information about EAPC 2017: http://www.eapc-2017.org/
The EAPC congress is the most important and popular congress of its kind in Europe, it is offering a wide range of topics and contributions from renowned specialists from all over the world. The participants of the 15th World Congress of Palliative Care will have the opportunity to learn about new developments in symptom management, psychosocial care as well as spiritual and ethical issues.
Doctors attending the EAPC Congresses are Palliative care specialists, Pain therapists, Oncologists, Specialists in Internal medicine, General Practitioner, Neurologists, Geriatricians, and Paediatricians. About 95 percent of the participants are international attendees. All sessions will be in English. The scientific content was designed by an international and multi-professional scientific committee.
Over 30 companies will be presenting their products in the industry Exhibition. For sponsoring and exhibition please contact us.

Topics:

·  Update on pain management and symptom control

·  Multi-resistant pathogens in end-of-life-care

·  Advances in neurological palliative care

·  Integrated palliative care

·  Complexity, economics and health policy

·  Innovations in psychological interventions

·  Bereavement care

·  New developments in spiritual care

·  Paediatric palliative care

·  Palliative care for people with heart failure

·  Understanding frailty

·  Palliative care in long-term care facilities

·  Education and specialisation in Europe

·  Advance care planning

·  Volunteer delivered interventions

·  Palliative care social work

·  Primary and community care

·  Palliative care innovation and development in Latin America

·  Research methodology

Details:

Venue:

IFEMA Feria de Madrid

Adress:

North Convention Center

Avda. del Partenón 5

Madrid, Spain

Category: Conferences, Science, Health & Medicine

Organiser: EAPC 2017 c/o Interplan AG

Contact:

Telephone: +49 89 548234-37

Website: http://www.eapc-2017.org/