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Palliative Care: Best Practices for Advanced Illness (Minneapolis, Minn.)
This two-day intensive course provides foundational knowledge for the best practices of palliative care.
Interdisciplinary team members -- including physicians, physician assistants, nurses, chaplains, social workers, case managers, discharge planners, counselors, preceptors and patient care leaders -- will gain insight into caring for persons with advanced illness and their families.
After attending the course on Monday and Tuesday, September 29 and 30, participants should be able to:
- describe how to improve the care for patients with advanced or terminal illness
- discuss how personal experiences with serious illness, death and dying influence what we bring to professional roles
- describe a holistic approach to pain and symptom management
- identify patients' emotional and spiritual needs
- describe the legal, ethical, cultural and communication issues faced while attending to patients and their families
- understand the relationship between palliative care and hospice care
For more information and to register, open the attached brochure. Adobe Reader is required to view the document.
Date and time
09/29/2008
08:00 AM
Location
Allina Commons at Midtown Exchange
2925 Chicago Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Contact information
Allina Hospitals & Clinics
Center for Learning & Innovation
P.O. Box 43, Mail Route 10701
Minneapolis, MN 55440-0043
Phone: 612-262-5030
Fax: 612-262-5050
Email: education@allina.com
Allina Commons: Maps and directions (requires Adobe Reader) Allina Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care
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