Provide Patients Comfort at End-of-Life

With the support of international organizations such as the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, Palliative Care Network (PCN) continues to encourage palliative care experts, from around the world, to share their works in the annual poster exhibition.   In 2016, over 20 posters were submitted from ten countries.  The 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd prize award recipients were from USA, Canada, and India, respectively. 

Dr. Smith, the 1^st prize recipient stated the following regarding his work “As well as better pain control, this work represents an attempt to show the efficacy of opioid-sparing strategies. I was hoping at the outset of this project to show better pain control. We were surprised to see how much opioids use went down, while pain scores improved, both significantly.  Prescription of opioids is often problematic for patients, as a prescriber cannot write for refills, telephone a pharmacy for a patient, and so on. As well, in most of the world, opioids are not readily available.  Here in the United States, most but not all patients have ready access to opioids. I wanted to submit this work to the Palliative Care Network Conference so that cancer patients in the rest of the world can have effective analgesia.”

On a platform such as Palliative Care Network, Dr. Smith is able disseminate his research findings to the palliative care community, worldwide.  In turn, professionals can apply the knowledge to provide effective analgesia to patients.  

With the support of organizations and individuals, like you.Palliative Care Network is looking forward to hosting a successful virtual conference in 2017 featuring a keynote speaker, plenary speakers, and poster exhibition.

Thank you.

Links:

• Palliative Care Network Community
• PCN on Facebook