Essentials in Palliative and End of Life Care

Essentials in Palliative and End of Life Care is organized by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and will be held on Nov 18, 2019 at The Christie School of Oncology, Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

Intended Audience:
Clinicians, Community / District Nurses, Nurses, Carers, GP’s, Junior Doctors, not currently working as a palliative specialists.

Topics Covered:
• Perspective of patient and carers
• Basics of symptom control: Pain, nausea, vomiting & breathlessness
• End of life care in an acute setting
• Organ and tissue donation
• Spirituality
• Advance Care Planning
• Support of families and children
• Complementary therapy for symptom control
• Malignant Spinal Cord Compression
• Use of Specialist Medicines e.g. Ketamine, methadone, fast acting fentanyl’s and octreotide for symptom control
• Psycho-oncology interface in advanced cancer

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.