June 16-17, 2010
8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

2010 Art & Science of Palliative Nursing course
Presented by: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

This year's course will feature sessions such as Basic and Complex Pain Management, Fatigue, Family Meetings and Goals of Care as well as many others. Sessions will be included for nursing professionals in pediatrics as well as  in the adult setting.

Questions? Contact Courtney Swaidner, Course Coordinator at (617) 582-8871 or Courtney_Swaidner@dfci.harvard.edu.
Dates to be determined

Ethics Forum "on the road" an invitation to Federation Members
Sponsored by the Hospice & Palliative Care Federation of MA

  • Enhance the understanding of ethical principles related to end of life care
  • Facilitate the process of ethical decision-making by care teams
  • Apply ethical principles to daily practice in hospice and palliative care
  • Explore components of complex ethical dilemmas

Sixty minute sessions, originally presented at the New England Hospice & Palliative Care Education Conference, are being offered at your site for interdisciplinary care teams and/or peer networking groups. Download the brochure for detailed description.

Express interest to Reverend Dr. Gordon Postill, Spiritual Counselor, Old Colony Hospice, Chair of the Federation Ethics Forum. Download the brochure and fax the form to 781-297-7345.








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