5th International Society of Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care (ACPEL 2015)

Key Topics

• Patient-specific challenges - Advance Care Planning in palliative care, oncology, geriatrics/dementia, chronic diseases, pediatrics and psychiatry
• How to implement good quality Advance Care Planning - Understanding and optimizing the processes and learning from successful programs all over the world
• Research on Advance Care Planning - Program evaluation, current findings and future trends
• Advance Care Planning in different settings - Primary care, hospitals, nursing homes, hospice and palliative care

Who should Attend

Physicians, policy makers, nurses, social workers, researchers, chaplains and other health care professionals working in areas such as:

• Primary care
• End-of-life & palliative care
• Critical care
• Hospital care
• Policy development
• Care of the elderly/nursing homes
• Social services
• Ethics and spirituality