INDIANAPOLIS – The St. Francis Palliative Medicine program will be the local host of a free national teleconference focused on cancer and end-of-life care decisions
The Hospice Foundation of America’s 17th annual National Bereavement Teleconference 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 24.
The program will include a panel of experts addressing care options related to cancer diagnoses, as well as loss and grief issues experienced by patients and their families, and professional caregivers. It also will focus on the psychological aspects of cancer, pain management and ethical issues related to the disease.
Locally, the conference will be broadcast at the St. Francis Hospital auditorium, 1600 Albany St., Beech Grove.
To register or learn more about the conference, call Dawn Webb at 317-783-8930. Professional caregivers seeking continuing education units will be required to participant in local discussion after the event.
More information about the St. Francis Palliative Medicine program is at www.stfrancishospitals.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=322.
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St. Francis physician explains advance directives at cancer seminar
INDIANAPOLIS – It’s vital one has the ability to specify what actions should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity.
Gerald Walthall, M.D., medical director with the St. Francis Hospital Palliative Medicine team, will discuss the purpose of advance directives and why it’s important for individuals to have one at a free seminar for cancer patients and their families 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3.
This meeting is at the St. Francis Education Center, 5935 S. Emerson Ave., Suite 100. This discussion will coincide with the monthly Indianapolis Southside chapter of SPOHNC (Support for People with Head and Neck Cancer.) Ample time will be provided for participants’ questions and discussion.
This monthly support group meets the first Thursday of each month and is for anyone with oral, head or neck cancer, regardless of stage or type of cancer. Caregivers are welcome.
For more information or to register for this event, call 317-782-4422. Sponsored by the St. Francis Cancer Center, www.stfrancishospitals.org/cancer.
Gerald Walthall, M.D., medical director with the St. Francis Hospital Palliative Medicine team, will discuss the purpose of advance directives and why it’s important for individuals to have one at a free seminar for cancer patients and their families 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3.
This meeting is at the St. Francis Education Center, 5935 S. Emerson Ave., Suite 100. This discussion will coincide with the monthly Indianapolis Southside chapter of SPOHNC (Support for People with Head and Neck Cancer.) Ample time will be provided for participants’ questions and discussion.
This monthly support group meets the first Thursday of each month and is for anyone with oral, head or neck cancer, regardless of stage or type of cancer. Caregivers are welcome.
For more information or to register for this event, call 317-782-4422. Sponsored by the St. Francis Cancer Center, www.stfrancishospitals.org/cancer.
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