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Vol. 27 No. 5 May 2004
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Join the 2004 National Collaborative Adapting Health Care to Serious Chronic Illness in Last Phase of Life: Third National Medicaring Quality Improvement Collaborative (MC-QuIC)
January through November 2004 Brought to you by The Washington Home Center for Palliative Care Studies (CPCS, the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) and RAND. Work with other healthcare provider teams and expert faculty from around the U.S. to achieve real improvements in the quality of care provided to individuals nearing the end of life with serious illness. Learn more at www.medicaring.org/nc2004. This collaborative is for you if your organization wants to: • Improve quality of life for individuals living with serious illness • Decrease hospital length of stay • Enhance use of hospice • Meet JCAHO requirements for pain relief • Build new palliative care programs • Learn and apply quality improvement methods to a real problem For more information, call Ekta Chaudhry at 202-895-2634 or email [email protected].
Domestic Meetings Kennebunkport, Maine—May 20–22, 2004 “Family-Centered Care: Beyond Talking the Talk,” sponsored by the New England Conference for Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Contact: Dr. Kate Eastman Tel: 207-294-8259 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.jasonprogram.org
쑖 2004 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
New Orleans, Louisiana—June 3–8, 2004 ASCO Annual Meeting and Educational Symposia Sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncologyy Contact: www.asco.org Tel: 888-788-1522 Phone: 703-449-6418 E-mail: [email protected]
New Brunswick, New Jersey—June 17–19, 2004 Accessing Pain Management: Effective Policy, Practice and Action Sponsored by the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives Contact: Lorre Kolb E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.aacpi.wisc.edu
Boston, Massachusetts—June 23–27, 2004 Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine Sponsored by Harvard Medical School Contact: Harvard MED-CME P.O. Box 825 Boston, MA 02117-0825 Tel: 617-384-8600 Fax: 617-384-8686 Web Site: www.med.harvard.edu/conted
Miami Beach, Florida—June 24-27, 2004 16th International Symposium Supportive Care in Cancer Sponsored by MASCC/ISOO Contact: UNITECH Communications The Center for Continuing Education The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue, P-17 Cleveland, OH 44195 Tel: 216-444-8419 Fax: 216-444-8410 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/mascc 0885-3924/04/$–see front matter doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.02.003
Vol. 27 No. 5 May 2004
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Phoenix, Arizona—November 11–14, 2004 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Fall Pain Meeting Sponsored by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Contact: ASRA P.O. Box 11086 Richmond, VA 23230 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.asra.com
Scottsdale, Arizona—November 12–14, 2004 Scottsdale Headache Symposium Sponsored by the American Headache Society Contact: American Headache Society 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061 Tel: 856-423-0043 Fax: 856-423-0082 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.ahsnet.org
Chicago, Illinois—December 2–5, 2004 OARSI 9th World Congress Sponsored by The Osteoarthritis Research Society International Contact: ORSI 17000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 Tel: 856-439-1385 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.oarsi.org
New Orleans, Louisiana—January 20–23, 2005 Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Contact: AAHPM 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 Tel: 847-375-4712 Fax: 877-734-8671 E-mail: [email protected]
Boston, Massachusetts—March 29–April 4, 2005 American Pain Society 24th Annual Scientific Meeting
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Contact: American Pain Society 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 Tel: 847-375-4715 Fax: 877-734-8758 E-mail: [email protected]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—June 23–25, 2005 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society Sponsored by the American Headache Society Contact: American Headache Society 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061 Tel: 856-423-0043 Fax: 856-423-0082 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.ahsnet.org
San Antonio, Texas—May 2–7, 2006 American Pain Society 25th Annual Scientific Meeting Contact: American Pain Society 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 Tel: 847-375-4715 Fax: 877-734-8758 E-mail: [email protected]
International Meetings Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—May 6–9, 2004 Joint APS and Canadian Pain Society Annual Meeting (23rd APS Annual Scientific Meeting) Contact: American Pain Society 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 Tel: 847-375-4715 Fax: 877-734-8758 E-mail: [email protected]
Porto, Portugal—May 31–June 5, 2004 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Sponsored by the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Contact: www.ISSLS.org
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Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy—June 3–6, 2004 3rd Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care: “Methodology for Palliative Care Research” Sponsored by the European Association for Palliative Care Contact: Effetti Divisione Congressi Via Gallarate 106 20151 Milan, Italy Tel: 39-02-3343281 Fax: 39-02-38006761 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.eapcnet.org/research2004/
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—June 10–14, 2004 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society Sponsored by the American Headache Society. Contact: American Headache Society 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061, USA Tel: 856-423-0043 Fax: 856-423-0082 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.ahsnet.org
Vol. 27 No. 5 May 2004
Rødovre, Denmark Tel: 45 70 222 130 Fax: 45 70 222 140 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.ipos2004.dk
Oslo, Norway—September 15–18, 2004 36th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP 2004) Contact: International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Congrex Holland bv P.O. Box 302 Amsterdam 1000 AH The Netherlands Tel: 31-20-504-0200 Fax: 31-20-504-0225
Sienna, Italy—September 16–19, 2004 Traditional and Innovative Approaches to Pain The first British/Italian meeting on pain, sponsored by the University of Sienna and the Royal Society of Medicine Contact: A.M. Aloisi and A. Baranowski Tel: 39-0577234103 Fax: 39-0577234037 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.unisi.it/eventi/pain/
Munich, Germany—July 18–22, 2004 Sixth World Congress on Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia Sponsored by the International MYOPAIN Society Contact: Continuing Medical Education Department 7980 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 7793 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA Tel: 210-567-4446 Fax: 210-567-6964 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.myopain.org
Copenhagen, Denmark—August 25–28, 2004 7th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology: Understanding Diversities: Development of Strategies for Psychosocial Oncology Sponsored by the International Psycho-Oncology Society Contact: Congress Secretariat NHG A/S Rødovre Centrum 161 2610
Montreal, Quebec, Canada— September 19–23, 2004 15th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill Sponsored by the Palliative Care Division, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, McGill University Contact: Events International Meeting Planners, Inc. 759 Square Victoria, #300 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 2J7 Tel: 514-286-0855 Fax: 514-286-6066 E-mail: [email protected]
Capo Cavala, Sicily—September 19–23, 2004 Bonica Memorial Symposium (10th Anniversary) Sponsored by The Ohio State University and the Italian Society of Anesthesiology (SIIARTI) Contact: Costantino Benedetti, MD Department of Anesthesiology The Ohio State University
Vol. 27 No. 5 May 2004
Information Exchange
Columbus, OH 43210, USA Tel: 614-293-6040 Fax: 614-293-6587 E-mail: [email protected]
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Tel: 39-02-2390-3390 Fax: 39-02-2390-3393 E-mail: [email protected]
Barcelona, Spain—September 21–25, 2004
Sydney, Australia—August 21–26, 2005
3rd World Congress World Institute on Pain Sponsored by the World Institute on Pain
11th World Congress on Pain Sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Pain
Contact: Meet2 Ltd. P.O. Box 14264 Barcelona 08080, Spain Tel: 34-94-417-22-79 E-mail: [email protected]
Kerala, India—November 26–28, 2004 International Workshop on Community Participation in Palliative Care Contact: Organizing Secretary Int. Workshop on Community Participation in Palliative Care Institute of Palliative Medicine Medical College Calicut, Kerala 673008, India Fax: 91-495-2354897 E-mail: [email protected]
Aachen, Germany—April 6–10, 2005 9th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Contact: EAPC Head Office National Cancer Institute Milan Via Venezian 1 20133 Milan, Italy
Contact: IASP 909 NE 43rd St, Suite 306 Seattle, WA 98105, USA Tel: 206-547-6409 Fax: 206-547-1703 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.halcyon.com/iasp
Durban, South Africa—May 25–30, 2008 14th World Congress of Anesthesiologists Contact: South African Society of Anesthetists P.O. Box 2504 Parklands 2121, South Africa Tel: 27-11-880-8418 Fax: 27-11-880-8071 E-mail: [email protected]
The JPSM gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Seattle, WA to the Information Exchange. Send your correspondence to: Russell K. Portenoy, M.D., Editor, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Vol. 27 No. 5 May 2004
INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Join the 2004 National Collaborative Adapting Health Care to Serious Chronic Illness in Last Phase of Life: Third National Medicaring Quality Improvement Collaborative (MC-QuIC)
January through November 2004 Brought to you by The Washington Home Center for Palliative Care Studies (CPCS, the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI) and RAND. Work with other healthcare provider teams and expert faculty from around the U.S. to achieve real improvements in the quality of care provided to individuals nearing the end of life with serious illness. Learn more at www.medicaring.org/nc2004. This collaborative is for you if your organization wants to: • Improve quality of life for individuals living with serious illness • Decrease hospital length of stay • Enhance use of hospice • Meet JCAHO requirements for pain relief • Build new palliative care programs • Learn and apply quality improvement methods to a real problem For more information, call Ekta Chaudhry at 202-895-2634 or email [email protected].
Domestic Meetings Kennebunkport, Maine—May 20–22, 2004 “Family-Centered Care: Beyond Talking the Talk,” sponsored by the New England Conference for Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Care Contact: Dr. Kate Eastman Tel: 207-294-8259 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.jasonprogram.org
쑖 2004 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
New Orleans, Louisiana—June 3–8, 2004 ASCO Annual Meeting and Educational Symposia Sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncologyy Contact: www.asco.org Tel: 888-788-1522 Phone: 703-449-6418 E-mail: [email protected]
New Brunswick, New Jersey—June 17–19, 2004 Accessing Pain Management: Effective Policy, Practice and Action Sponsored by the American Alliance of Cancer Pain Initiatives Contact: Lorre Kolb E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.aacpi.wisc.edu
Boston, Massachusetts—June 23–27, 2004 Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine Sponsored by Harvard Medical School Contact: Harvard MED-CME P.O. Box 825 Boston, MA 02117-0825 Tel: 617-384-8600 Fax: 617-384-8686 Web Site: www.med.harvard.edu/conted
Miami Beach, Florida—June 24-27, 2004 16th International Symposium Supportive Care in Cancer Sponsored by MASCC/ISOO Contact: UNITECH Communications The Center for Continuing Education The Cleveland Clinic Foundation 9500 Euclid Avenue, P-17 Cleveland, OH 44195 Tel: 216-444-8419 Fax: 216-444-8410 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/mascc 0885-3924/04/$–see front matter doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.02.003
Vol. 27 No. 5 May 2004
Information Exchange
Phoenix, Arizona—November 11–14, 2004 American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Fall Pain Meeting Sponsored by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Contact: ASRA P.O. Box 11086 Richmond, VA 23230 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.asra.com
Scottsdale, Arizona—November 12–14, 2004 Scottsdale Headache Symposium Sponsored by the American Headache Society Contact: American Headache Society 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061 Tel: 856-423-0043 Fax: 856-423-0082 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.ahsnet.org
Chicago, Illinois—December 2–5, 2004 OARSI 9th World Congress Sponsored by The Osteoarthritis Research Society International Contact: ORSI 17000 Commerce Parkway, Suite C Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 Tel: 856-439-1385 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.oarsi.org
New Orleans, Louisiana—January 20–23, 2005 Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Contact: AAHPM 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 Tel: 847-375-4712 Fax: 877-734-8671 E-mail: [email protected]
Boston, Massachusetts—March 29–April 4, 2005 American Pain Society 24th Annual Scientific Meeting
477
Contact: American Pain Society 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 Tel: 847-375-4715 Fax: 877-734-8758 E-mail: [email protected]
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—June 23–25, 2005 47th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society Sponsored by the American Headache Society Contact: American Headache Society 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061 Tel: 856-423-0043 Fax: 856-423-0082 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.ahsnet.org
San Antonio, Texas—May 2–7, 2006 American Pain Society 25th Annual Scientific Meeting Contact: American Pain Society 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 Tel: 847-375-4715 Fax: 877-734-8758 E-mail: [email protected]
International Meetings Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—May 6–9, 2004 Joint APS and Canadian Pain Society Annual Meeting (23rd APS Annual Scientific Meeting) Contact: American Pain Society 4700 W. Lake Avenue Glenview, IL 60025 Tel: 847-375-4715 Fax: 877-734-8758 E-mail: [email protected]
Porto, Portugal—May 31–June 5, 2004 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Sponsored by the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine Contact: www.ISSLS.org
478
Information Exchange
Stresa, Lago Maggiore, Italy—June 3–6, 2004 3rd Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care: “Methodology for Palliative Care Research” Sponsored by the European Association for Palliative Care Contact: Effetti Divisione Congressi Via Gallarate 106 20151 Milan, Italy Tel: 39-02-3343281 Fax: 39-02-38006761 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.eapcnet.org/research2004/
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada—June 10–14, 2004 46th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Headache Society Sponsored by the American Headache Society. Contact: American Headache Society 19 Mantua Road Mount Royal, NJ 08061, USA Tel: 856-423-0043 Fax: 856-423-0082 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.ahsnet.org
Vol. 27 No. 5 May 2004
Rødovre, Denmark Tel: 45 70 222 130 Fax: 45 70 222 140 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.ipos2004.dk
Oslo, Norway—September 15–18, 2004 36th Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP 2004) Contact: International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Congrex Holland bv P.O. Box 302 Amsterdam 1000 AH The Netherlands Tel: 31-20-504-0200 Fax: 31-20-504-0225
Sienna, Italy—September 16–19, 2004 Traditional and Innovative Approaches to Pain The first British/Italian meeting on pain, sponsored by the University of Sienna and the Royal Society of Medicine Contact: A.M. Aloisi and A. Baranowski Tel: 39-0577234103 Fax: 39-0577234037 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.unisi.it/eventi/pain/
Munich, Germany—July 18–22, 2004 Sixth World Congress on Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia Sponsored by the International MYOPAIN Society Contact: Continuing Medical Education Department 7980 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 7793 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA Tel: 210-567-4446 Fax: 210-567-6964 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.myopain.org
Copenhagen, Denmark—August 25–28, 2004 7th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology: Understanding Diversities: Development of Strategies for Psychosocial Oncology Sponsored by the International Psycho-Oncology Society Contact: Congress Secretariat NHG A/S Rødovre Centrum 161 2610
Montreal, Quebec, Canada— September 19–23, 2004 15th International Congress on Care of the Terminally Ill Sponsored by the Palliative Care Division, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, McGill University Contact: Events International Meeting Planners, Inc. 759 Square Victoria, #300 Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 2J7 Tel: 514-286-0855 Fax: 514-286-6066 E-mail: [email protected]
Capo Cavala, Sicily—September 19–23, 2004 Bonica Memorial Symposium (10th Anniversary) Sponsored by The Ohio State University and the Italian Society of Anesthesiology (SIIARTI) Contact: Costantino Benedetti, MD Department of Anesthesiology The Ohio State University
Vol. 27 No. 5 May 2004
Information Exchange
Columbus, OH 43210, USA Tel: 614-293-6040 Fax: 614-293-6587 E-mail: [email protected]
479
Tel: 39-02-2390-3390 Fax: 39-02-2390-3393 E-mail: [email protected]
Barcelona, Spain—September 21–25, 2004
Sydney, Australia—August 21–26, 2005
3rd World Congress World Institute on Pain Sponsored by the World Institute on Pain
11th World Congress on Pain Sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Pain
Contact: Meet2 Ltd. P.O. Box 14264 Barcelona 08080, Spain Tel: 34-94-417-22-79 E-mail: [email protected]
Kerala, India—November 26–28, 2004 International Workshop on Community Participation in Palliative Care Contact: Organizing Secretary Int. Workshop on Community Participation in Palliative Care Institute of Palliative Medicine Medical College Calicut, Kerala 673008, India Fax: 91-495-2354897 E-mail: [email protected]
Aachen, Germany—April 6–10, 2005 9th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Contact: EAPC Head Office National Cancer Institute Milan Via Venezian 1 20133 Milan, Italy
Contact: IASP 909 NE 43rd St, Suite 306 Seattle, WA 98105, USA Tel: 206-547-6409 Fax: 206-547-1703 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.halcyon.com/iasp
Durban, South Africa—May 25–30, 2008 14th World Congress of Anesthesiologists Contact: South African Society of Anesthetists P.O. Box 2504 Parklands 2121, South Africa Tel: 27-11-880-8418 Fax: 27-11-880-8071 E-mail: [email protected]
The JPSM gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Seattle, WA to the Information Exchange. Send your correspondence to: Russell K. Portenoy, M.D., Editor, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Dept. of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care, Beth Israel Medical Center, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, NY 10003, USA.