Palliative Care - Congrès international sur les soins palliatifs

Friday, October 12, 2012F07 – continuedB) Giving Hope in a Hopeless SituationMichael Dworkind, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital,Montréal, QC, CanadaWhen cure turns to care as a goal, we look for words to offer hope of comfortand dignity. This is the focus of this interactive and practical communicationskills workshop which is open to all health professionals. You are invited to gainknowlege in creating hope at the end of life.F08 A) Perspectives on Religion and Spirituality in Hospice Palliative CareKelli Stajduhar, Harold Coward, Paul Bramadat, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CanadaIn this workshop, the findings from two studies will be presented: one that soughtto understand how the major world religions take up notions of a “good death”, andthe other that focussed on non-religious and alternative spiritual understandings ofdeath and dying. Workshop participants will be invited to discuss implications forpalliative care.B) The Other ED: Understanding, Assessing and Treating ExistentialDistress at the End of LifeBJ Miller 1,2 , Craig Blinderman 3 , Justin Burke 11. Zen Hospice Project, San Francisco, CA, United States; 2. University of California,San Francisco, CA, United States; 3. Columbia University, New York, NY, United StatesIs the "human condition" a pathological state? What is abnormal about angst whenrealizing one's time is limited? Does medicine have any business diagnosing andtreating angst? What is the relationship between meaning and angst? Given thatexistential suffering is often mentioned in clinical literature – but rarely defined – andis even invoked to trigger our most grave therapeutic modality – palliative sedation –our field must address these questions. This session opens this big discussion andfurthers the work of filling an intellectual hole in our canon.F09 Proffered Papers – Pain and Symptom ControlA series of 15-minute presentations, each followed by a 5-minute question periodA) Cancer-Related Fatigue: From Bench to Bedside orWhy Am I Tired, Doc, and What Can Be Done?Mellar Davis, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United StatesDebra Barton, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United StatesB) A Randomised, Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study to Assessthe Efficacy and Toxicity of Subcutaneous Ketamine in the Managementof Cancer PainJanet Hardy 1 , Stephen Quinn 2 , Belinda Fazekas 2 , John Plummer 3 , Simon Eckermann 4 ,Meera Agar 5 , Odette Spruyt 6 , Debra Rowett 2 , David Currow 21. Mater Health Services, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; 2. Flinders University, Bedford Park,SA, Australia; 3. Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA, Australia; 4. University ofWollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; 5. Braeside Hospital, Braeside, NSW, Australia;6. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaC) Exercise, Inflammation, and Cancer Symptom ManagementArash Asher, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJack Fu, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States47