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JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert: Patient controlled analgesia by proxy
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Hospice
Pre-Election Evaluation and Counseling Services |
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Hypnosis Reduces
Distress and Duration of an Invasive Medical Procedure for Children |
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Medscape Palliative Care Resource Center
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This Resource Center offers a collection of the latest
clinical information on end-of-life care for adults and children, as well as
information on supporting caregivers. Login at this link, and you will be
directed to the Palliative Care home page. A link to the pediatric section
is available on the left side of the page. |
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Pain Control in the Palm of the Hand |
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Psychosocial Functioning in Pediatric Cancer |
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Substance Use Disorders In the Palliative Care Patient |
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Advanced Practice
Palliative Care Nurse Certificate Program (APPCN) |
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Developing primary palliative care |
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My pain at having to decide if
Luke should live or die - A Judge's View |
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Hospice
Referral and Care: Practical Guidance for Clinicians - CME/CE |
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Talking about death with children who have severe malignant disease
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Conclusions: Parents who sense that their child is aware of
his or her imminent death more often later regret not having talked with
their child than do parents who do not sense this awareness in their child;
overall, no parent in this cohort later regretted having talked with his or
her child about death. |
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Prepare for Board Certification Exam with UNIPAC
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The UNIPAC Series is the official study guide for the
American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Recertification exam and
offers physicians the opportunity to earn up to 48 CME credits. |
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EPEC
Course Online
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The EPEC Curriculum has been released by The EPEC Project of
The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. The online
version of the EPEC Curriculum provides convenient access to learning the
core skills of palliative care. The EPEC Curriculum teaches skills in
communication, ethical decision-making, symptom management, psychosocial
considerations, and palliative care. |
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Two Review Articles from
ChiPPS/NHPCO
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Coordinator/Clinical Nurse Specialist in Pediatric Palliative Care
(10/21/2004) |
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Paediatric Pain & Palliative Care Fellow (10/13/2004) |
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Social Work Fellowship at
Beth Israel Medical Center
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Completed applications are due 7/31/04 |
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Healing Chronic
Pain
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New Integrative Pain Medicine website from Dept. of Pain
Medicine and Palliative Care Beth Israel Medical Center, New York. The site
presents the best of modern and traditional medicine in holistic chronic
pain treatment. Bibliographic references
provided. A multimedia, interactive feature of the website is its guided
imagery or relaxation exercise presented in Macromedia Flash. |
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Pediatric Palliative Care (NEJM, V.350:1752-1762 April,
2004, Bruce P. Himelstein, M.D., Joanne M. Hilden, M.D., Ann Morstad Boldt,
M.S., and David Weissman, M.D.) |
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Global Day Against Pain |
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Pain
Psychologist Position Opening |
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Imagination Takes Kids' Mind Off Pain |
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New EPEC Program Administrator |
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Fellow in Pain Management |
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Misprogram a PCA pump? It's easy!
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Burns in MRI patients wearing transdermal patches
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NHPCO
announces New Rural Listserv |
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NHPCO's Hospice and Palliative Care Film Festival |
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Two Positions Available from
AAHPM
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The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
(AAHPM) is accepting applications from qualified individuals for the
positions of Chair of the Council of the College of Palliative Care (CPC)
and Executive Vice President.
Click
here for more information. |
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Request for Applications for Awards to Palliative Care Fellowship Programs
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The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
(AAHPM) invites proposals from new or established palliative care fellowship
training programs for funding support of individual fellowships in
palliative care. For details view the
AAHPM website here.
Timetable for 2005 Award:
Deadline for receipt of completed applications: August 1, 2004
Notification of awards: October 15, 2004
Funding begins: July 1, 2005 |
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Summary pediatric articles collected by NACWLTC
(the National Alliance for Children with Life-Threatening Conditions) |
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American Pain Society Spotlights Pediatric Pain
Management |
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The
National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care
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ACGME is seeking nominations for the 2005 "Courage to Teach" awards
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The Parker Palmer awards are presented each year to ten
residency program directors in recognition of their dedication and
commitment to teaching medical residents. Nominations are due by June 15,
2004.
Nominate someone here |
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RFA on Reducing Barriers to Symptom Management & Palliative Care |
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When a Child is Dying Video, updated
May, 2004 |
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Mayo Clinic and Community Hospice of Northeast Florida Fellowship |
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Marshfield Clinic-St. Joseph's Hospital Palliative Medicine Fellowship
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The Department of Palliative Medicine at Marshfield Clinic
offers a fellowship in Palliative Medicine. Please follow the link for
updated information on this offering. |
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National Humor
Month
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National Humor Month was founded in 1976 by best-selling
humorist Larry Wilde, Director of The Carmel Institute of Humor. It is
designed to heighten public awareness on how the joy and therapeutic value
of laughter can improve health, boost morale, increase communication skills
and enrich the quality of one's life. |
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Shaare Zedek Cancer
Pain and Palliative Care Reference Database
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The database provides you with an unrivalled gateway to the
medical literature pertaining to all aspects of Pain and Palliative Care |
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Faces
Pain Scale - Revised (download
pdf document here) |
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Disparities at the End of Life (The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) |
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Fulbright Scholar Program
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The application deadline for Fulbright traditional lecturing
and research grants worldwide is August 1, 2004 |
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ACCME and AAFP credits now available for CD-ROM Course
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"Palliative Care: A Self-Study CME Course"
is a self-study course containing 15 key topics in palliative care. The
course, divided into four modules (End of Life Care, Pain, Other Symptoms,
Communication), is available at
EPERC, Featured
Resources. The fee for the CD is $325. Additional
persons at your institution may earn credits for $75 each. |
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New information available on the
NPEC web site
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Additions include a very useful pain assessment tool, gait
and low back pain assessment & pathophysiology of pain videos, and new free
CME offerings. You will need to login or register (free) to access the
entire site. |
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An EPERC Special Announcement
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Dr. David Weissman, who has provided exceptional leadership
for the Journal of Palliative Medicine since its inception, will be stepping
down as Editor-in-Chief later this year. The American Academy of Palliative
Medicine and the Publisher, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., are accepting
applications from qualified individuals for the position. Please see the
Call for
Applications for more information |
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New website for
Grahamtastic Connection
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I started this nonprofit organization in honor of my son,
Graham Morissette, who lost his battle to cancer in
December 1997. My son loved to e-mail his friends, surf the net, and play
games on our computer. As a parent, I also found a lot of valuable medical
information on the Internet, including Leukemia research and cancer trials
offered by the National Institute for Health. After my loss, it occurred to
me that there are families struggling with childhood illnesses that do not
have computers & Internet access available in their homes or hospital rooms.
I am a true believer that the Internet is no longer a luxury, it is a
necessity to us all, especially to children battling life threatening
diseases.
Leslie Morissette, President |
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The Mayday Fund |
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New Website:
American Nurses Association of Maine
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American Nurses Association of Maine (ANA-Maine) is the
officially recognized Constituent Member Assembly of the American Nurses
Association for the Pine Tree State. The ANA advances the nursing profession
by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the rights of
nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of
nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care
issues affecting nurses and the public. Join us to advance the profession of
nursing in Maine! |
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WholeHealthMD.com
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is dedicated to providing the best in complementary and
alternative medicine. All of our information is developed by a team of
leading board- certified doctors and specialists. |
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Health Care Decision-Making in Pediatric Palliative Care
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This is a terrific summary of this most challenging
aspect of pediatric medicine, particularly pediatric palliative care.
Many thanks to Dr. Friebert for her contribution. |
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Cases of the Month - from the
Medical
College of Wisconsin |
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Controlled sedation for refractory
symptoms (from
EPERC) |
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The Suffering Child
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The Suffering Child is a "new, exclusively on-line
international and multidisciplinary Journal. It will be unique because
its aims are to explore all aspects of nociception, to combat the
prejudice that still conditions doctors when faced with a situation of
pain (especially in newborn and pre-term babies) and to formulate
guidelines for acute and chronic pain." Fabrizia Zingales,
Editor |
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Local Conference, Portland,
Maine, March 1 & 2 |
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IPPC Curriculum is Now Available
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All IPPC curriculum materials are available online and
can be downloaded--free of charge for use in single institution
settings--from
the IPPC
website. Videotapes can be purchased by downloading an order form
from the Web site and mailing it to the address provided. Module 1-3
are available now. Modules 4-6 are due soon. |
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Accounting for the Costs of Caring Through the End of Life |
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ICU
Delirium Web Site
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This site offers overview narratives, training
materials and resources for well-validated neurological monitoring
instruments, a printable pocket card for medical personnel use,
instructional videos, and a list of links to selected references from
the peer reviewed literature. |
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Massachusetts Department of Mental Health:
"Do It Your Way" Project
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This is an innovative mental health-hospice and
palliative care partnership to integrate end-of-life care planning
into the mental health planning process. |
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Carnegie Foundation Perspectives - January 2004 topic: Improved
Teaching |
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Current status of pain management in children |
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Care of the Dying Adolescent: Special Considerations
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From the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and
Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation, DeVos Children’s Hospital,
Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Department of Pediatrics and Human
Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East
Lansing, Michigan |
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The Dr. John T. Goodman Award For Research In
Pediatric Pain |
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Pediatric Palliative Care Issues Gaining Momentum |
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CHIPPS Education Work Group
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The goal of this workgroup is to support educational
endeavors of the NHPCO office as well as new initiatives related to
educating the hospice community about pediatric palliative care. In addition
to supporting conferences and workshops, this group will develop priorities
surrounding the development of new training materials, evaluate the CHIPPS
Education and Training Curriculum, develop curriculum for hospice pediatric
palliative care medical directors, and collaborate with other providers of
pediatric palliative care fellowships for all team disciplines.
If you would like to participate in this workgroup, contact
Dr. Stacy Orloff by e-mail or phone, 727-588-2786 |
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Introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care
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New online course intended both for physicians & allied
health professionals |
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