Scientific Sessions

  • Advance directive discussions and documentation
  • Goals of care conversations
  • Hospice enrollment process
  • Legal considerations in end-of-life decision-making

  • Pharmacological interventions for pain relief
  • Non-pharmacological pain management techniques
  • Palliative sedation protocols
  • Managing breakthrough pain episodes

  • Counseling services 
  • Family meetings to address emotional needs
  • Support groups for patients and caregivers
  • Interventions for addressing anxiety and depression

  • Play therapy
  • Family-centered care
  • Communication strategies
  • Neonatal intensive care units

  • Understanding cultural beliefs
  • Language interpretation services
  • Cultural rituals at the end of life
  • Addressing cultural disparities

  • Grief counseling sessions
  • Support groups
  • Memorial services and rituals
  • Strategies for anticipatory grief

  • Management of dyspnea
  • Nausea and vomiting control
  • Constipation management strategies
  • Delirium assessment and treatment approaches

  • Massage therapy
  • Acupuncture
  • Music therapy
  • Art therapy

  • Withholding vs. withdrawing life-sustaining treatments
  • Decision-making for incompetent patients
  • Physician-assisted dying considerations
  • Allocation of limited resources in end-of-life care

  • Symptom management in advanced heart failure
  • Palliative care in advanced dementia
  • End-of-life care for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Pain management in end-stage renal disease

  • Advance directive completion in nursing homes
  • Discussions about code status in assisted living facilities
  • Palliative care consultations in long-term care settings
  • Family involvement in advance care planning processes

  • Spiritual assessment tools
  • Chaplaincy services in palliative care
  • Addressing existential suffering in end-of-life care
  • Rituals and ceremonies for spiritual comfort

  • Team meetings 
  • Collaboration between physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains
  • Interprofessional education 
  • Case conferences 

  • Measurement of patient and family satisfaction
  • Hospice utilization rates
  • Documentation of symptom management efficacy
  • Assessment of caregiver burden and support needs

  • Telemedicine for palliative care consultations
  • Mobile palliative care teams for home-based care
  • Technology-assisted advance care planning platforms
  • Palliative care interventions in virtual reality environments

  • Mortality and Society
  • Grief Studies
  • Death Rituals and Funerary Practices
  • Thanatology