The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Planning for and Caring during the End of Life
5168.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Planning for and Caring during the End of Life
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Mary Ellen Kullman Courtright, MPH, CHES
2:30 PMRacial and socioeconomic differences in family perceived barriers to end-of-life care satisfaction
Janet B. Craig, RN, DHA, Walter J. Jones, PhD
2:45 PMBest Practices to Improve End-of-Life Care Project
Patrick Coll, MD, Rhonda L. Johnson, RN, BSN, Elizabeth S. Micholovich, MPA, Nancy Verzier, MSN, RN, CPHQ, Sarah Cohen, James Duffy, MB ChB
3:00 PMEthical Wills and Suffering in Patients with Cancer: A Pilot Study
Charles E. Gessert, MD, MPH, Barry K. Baines, MD, Steven Kuross, MD, Cinda Dowling, PHN, MA
3:15 PMHas government scrutiny increased the probability of short hospice stays?
Susan C. Miller, PhD, Sherry Weitzen, MS, MHA
3:30 PMImproving end-of-life care through rapid-cycle quality improvement
Sarah Staff Myers, MPH, Deborah E. Halper, MPH/MSUP
3:45 PMInnovation in end-of-life care: Shifting the paradigm from hospital to home
Richard D. Brumley, MD, Susan M. Enguidanos, MPH
Organized by:Gerontological Health
Endorsed by:Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA