Friday, October 08, 2004
USI conference exploring end-of-life issues
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The University of Southern Indiana School of Nursing and Health Professions will present the End of Life Conference: Improving Care for Clients and Families from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, October 15, 2004 in the University Center’s Carter Hall. The conference will focus on principles of palliative care that can be integrated in many settings to improve the quality of living at the end of life. Dr. Jackson Rainer will present two sessions: “Compassion Fatigue: When Caregiving Hurts” and “Final Rights: Caring for People at the End of Life.” A licensed psychologist in Georgia and North Caroline, Rainer’s specialty is therapeutic work with individuals in the crisis of loss due to catastrophic, chronic, or terminal illness. He is a consultant to the American Academy of Bereavement and has written extensively on the topics of crisis intervention and systemic response to grief. Dr. Francis McDonnell, medical director of the Pain Management Center at Deaconess Hospital, will present “Palliative Medicine: New Trends,” and Barbara Patten, R.N., will deliver “Improving Care for Neonates and Children at the End of Life.” Patten developed the pediatric hospice program of Hospice of Chattanooga, Tenn. The registration fee, $90, includes materials, contact hours, and breaks. On-site registration will be from 7:30 to 8 a.m. For additional information or registration, call 800/467-8600 or 812/464-1989. The conference is supported by the Nancy Day Farmer Pain Management Endowment Fund and Merck Pharmaceuticals. |
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