International Palliative Care Conference in New York City
The Professional Education Center of The Jewish Home & Hospital Lifecare System will be hosting its Third annual international Palliative Care in the 21st Century: Issues and Innovations in End-of-Life Care conference on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at The New York Academy of Medicine in New York City.
(PRWEB) August 15, 2004
Distinguished speakers including Arthur Michael Kleinman, M. D., a worldÂ’s leading researcher in cross-cultural psychiatry and global mental health, Chair or the Anthropology Department, Professor of Social Anthropology at Harvard University, and also Professor of Medical Anthropology and Psychiatry in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Susan D. Block, MD, Co-Director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Chief of the Division of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham & Women's Hospital, and also an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; Maureen Hinkelman, RN, MA, the Chair of the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization, and also President & CEO of Hospice Care Network; Sandra L. Bertman, Ed. M.,L. C.S. W., Ph. D., a Research Professor of Palliative Care and Director of Programs of Medical Humanities and the Arts in Palliative Care at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work; Nessa Coyle, Ph. D, ANP, FAAN, the Director of the Supportive Care Program, Pain and Palliative Care Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Gary J. Kennedy, MD, a Professor of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and also Director in the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry & Fellow Training Program; Eileen Chichin, Ph. D., RN, Co-Director of the Greenblag Center on Ethics at The Jewish and Hospital; and others.
The Palliative Care program has been approved for 7 CME Credit Hours in Category 1 for the PhysicianÂ’s Recognition Award, 7 Nursing Contact Hours (approval #5ZSPES-04), 7 Social Work Category 1 Contact Hours (approval # A682), 7 CPE hours Level 2 for Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians (DTRs), 9 NCCAP CEUs (approval # NCCAP24197-05), 5 Pharmacy CEUs, 9 Administrator Clock Hours and 6 participant hours (approval #4112004-18162-9), 6 Certified Case Manager (CCM) CEUs (approval # 6119522321), .45 NYSRPS CEUs, and finally 5.5 Therapeutic Recreation CEUs.
