Palliative Medicine and End of Life Care: 2015 Update Including Related Topics in Neurology

Palliative Medicine and End of Life Care: 2015 Update Including Related Topics in Neurology is an Eastern Mediterranean Cruise Conference Round-trip Rome, Italy.

Topics

• Gap Analysis – quality approach to practice improvement
• History of Palliative Care – setting the stage
• Advanced Care Directives/Advanced Care Protocols – prognostic uncertainty and tools for family and patient conversations
• Palliative Care and Hospice – relationship and differences
• Can the Patient Hear Me? – awareness, unresponsiveness and coma
• Mental State – delirium, MCI and dementia
• Stroke – follow-up and prognosis
• Pain Management and Palliative Care
• Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s in Palliative Care
• COPD, CHF, End Stage Renal Disease in Palliative Care
• End of Life Symptomology and Management
• Brain Death – what is it and diagnosis
• The Plan for Monday – changes for ease of practice and improvement in care
• Reimbursement and Coverage Strategies

Who should Attend

• Physician Assistants
• Physicians
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nurses
• Psychologists