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Documentos sobre el cáncer

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The NCI, established under the National Cancer Act of 1937, is the Federal Government’s principal agency for cancer research and […]

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End of Life/Palliative Care Education Resource Center, Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

The purpose of EPERC is to assist physicians and other educators involved in all aspects of physician end of life (EOL) education through: Brief abstracts describing peer-reviewed instructional and evaluation materials A list of core resources for EOL educators and opportunities for training, extramural funding, and pending conferences Submission of your educational materials for peer

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Ethical Considerations for Life’s End

Start: Wed, 11/02/2005 – 11:30 Location: Kaiser Medical Center, Santa Rosa This presentation by Susan Keller for Kaiser physicians addresses issues related to knowing and honoring a person’s end of life wishes. Topics covered include the importance of meaningful conversations, understanding lifestyle and cultural orientation, planning tools and techniques, and palliative care as an equal

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Fast Facts (from End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center)

Fast Facts services of the End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center (EPERC) provides peer reviewed, one-page outlines of key information on important end-of-life clinical topics for end-of-life educators and clinicians. Categories include: clinical interventions, communications, disease categories, ethics, non-pain symptoms/disorders/syndromes, pain, terminal care/ patient’s – family experience. Requires that you register and login, but it

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