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Palliative Care Medicine Program

Palliative Care

Welcome to the Palliative Care Medicine Program website at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

We are located at 34 Barrie Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3J7, Canada

Telephone: 613.548.2485
Fax: 613.548.2436

Congratulations to Dr. Cori Schroder, the 2012 Eduardo Bruera Award Winner!!!

The Eduardo Bruera Award in Palliative Medicine recognizes physicians who have made a difference at a local, regional, and/or national level, demonstrating a commitment to excellence in palliative medicine in any of the following areas: clinical palliative medicine, education, research, program administration, or international involvement in palliative medicine.  Donated by the Division of Palliative Care Medicine at the University of Alberta and co-sponsored by the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (CSPCP), the Bruera Award is presented annually at the CSPCP Advanced Learning in Palliative Medicine Conference.

News & Events
Palliative Medicine Academic Rounds

Queen's Regional Palliative Medicine Rounds

Marijuana in Palliative Care: Useful Agent or Reefer Madness?

Published Tue May 14/13 3:00pm.

Presented by: Dr. Stephen Singh

0800-0900
Friday May 17, 2013
36 Barrie Street

Objectives:
1. List the ways patients can take cannabinoids
2. Understand some indications for use such as nausea and pain
3. Understand how marijuana can be prescribed in Canada

Click on the words to get: Flyer, Sign-in Sheet and Evaluation Form


Prognosis - Not Always What It Seems!!

Published Thu May 02/13 12:00pm.

Presented by: Dr. Greg Patey

0800-0900
Friday May 3, 2013
36 Barrie Street

Objectives:
1. Who cares?
2. Why does it matter?
3. How do we do it?
4. How good are we at it?

Flyer attached here.

Asking to Die: How Requests for Physician Assisted Suicide at End of Life Impact Physicians

Published Mon Apr 15/13 10:00am.

Presented by: Dr. Natalie Kondor

0800-0900
Friday April 19, 2013
36 Barrie Street

Objectives:

1) To review various reasons for and responses to patient requests 
2) To explore how such requests affect the physician-patient relationship

Flyer attached here.

Do Parenteral Fluids Benefit Dying Patients?

Published Thu Mar 28/13 2:00pm.

Presented by: Dr. Ray Viola

0800-0900
Friday Apirl 5, 2013
36 Barrie Street

Objectives:

1) List reasons for providing and not providing parenteral fluids to dying patients
2) Describe the evidence that exists regarding the effects of parenteral fluids on dying patients.

"To Know or Not to Know": The Psychological and Ethical Implications to Predictive Testing in Huntington Disease

Published Tue Mar 12/13 10:00am.

Presented by: Sherrie McKegney, MSW, RSW

0800-0900
Friday March 15, 2013
Host site: 36 Barrie Street

Objectives:

1. To better understand Huntington Disease and the development of genetic testing
2. To review the psychological and social impact the decision for predictive testing has on the at-risk individual and the family
     *Donna Marie Letourneau will share her personal struggle with living at risk of Huntington Disease
       and her experience with predictive testing
3. To discuss the ethical issues surrounding genomics and the concern for genetic discrimination as a society

Flyer attached here
Click here for Sign-in Sheet
Click here for Evaluation form
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