Palliative Care - Congrès international sur les soins palliatifs

Wednesday, October 10, 201207:45 – 08:45RF108:45 – 09:00 BREAKRESEARCH FORUMChair: Robin Cohen, McGill University, Montréal, QC, CanadaDiscussant: Cory Ingram, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Mayo ClinicHealth System, Mankato, MN, United StatesWhat Shapes Family Physicians’ Patterns of Care forCommunity Patients at End of Life? A Grounded Theory StudyJoshua Shadd, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, CanadaPatient Experiences of the Embodied Listening Practicesof Hospital Chaplains: A Progress ReportRobert Mundle, Neil Elford, Rosemary Brander, Providence Care,Kingston, ON, CanadaA Hospital End-of-Life Protocol to Improve Discussions andDocumentation of Patient and Family Wishes: Evaluation ofUptake and SatisfactionAlan Taniguchi 1,2 , Cynthia Cupido 1,2 , Andrea Frolic 1,2 , Kevin Brazil 1 ,Noori Akhtar-Danesh 1 , Michelle Howard 1 , Maria Chacon 1 , Nadilein Mahlberg 11. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada2. Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada09:00 – 10:30PL1PLENARYON COPING, DIGNITY AND HOLISTIC PALLIATIVE CAREChair: Anna Towers, McGill University, Montréal, QC, CanadaStress and Coping for CaregiversSusan Folkman, University of California San Francisco, San Mateo,CA, United StatesWe expected the intense stress of caregiving for a loved one tocontribute to caregiver depression and anxiety. What wasunexpected was that many caregivers also experienced positive wellbeingthroughout caregiving and subsequent bereavement. How this ledto a reformulation of coping's purposes and the strategies for achievingthem will be described.Dignity at the End of LifeHarvey Max Chochinov, CancerCare Manitoba; University of Manitoba,Winnipeg, MB, CanadaSafeguarding dignity at the end of life is of critical importance inpalliative care. Empirical guidance has shifted the pursuit of dignityfrom rhetoric to reality. Whether in reference to health care providerattitudes; tracking diverse sources of distress; or invoking therapeuticapproaches that affirm personhood — dignity-based insights can informcomprehensive quality palliative care.10:30 – 11:00 BREAK13