CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

An International Conference on Palliative Care will be held in Tianjin,
China June 2-5, 1999.  The conference theme is: Designing, Implementing
and Evaluating Model Programmes for Palliative Care in Hospitals and
Communities.  The deadline for receipt of abstracts is January 15, 1999.

Abstracts are invited on a number of topics including:

Palliative care in your country - the past, present situation and future
prospects

The design, implementation and evaluation of palliative care model
programmes in hospitals, hospices and community clinics

Educating health professionals for palliative care practice in hospitals
and/or communities (undergraduate, graduate, continuing and distance
education)

Research and practice of palliative care in the community

Problems and strategies of palliative care for families

Pain management issues

The role of traditional Chinese medicine in palliative care

Alternative health settings and alternative approaches to palliative care


Details about the submission of conference abstracts and conference
registration will be posted on
the
conference website by December 8th:

www.health.uottawa.ca/palliative


Conference sponsors:

Canadian International Development Agency
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China
Chinese HIgher Medical Education Society Nursing Branch


Conference organizers:

Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, PR China
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Norman Bethune Medical University, Changchun, PR China


If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Nancy Edwards.


Nancy Edwards, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Co-Director, Canada-China Institutional Linkage Project
University of Ottawa
451 Smyth Road,
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1H 8M5
Tel:  613-562-5800 (ext 8395)
Fax:  613-562-5443