Transitions Professional Center, LLC

03/01/2020

The video is a companion to author Jennie Dear’s book "What Does It Feel Like to Die?: Inspiring New Insights into the Experience of Dying" (Kensington Books...

10/12/2019

Three weeks remaining to register for our 5th year palliative care conference 11/1/19, Portland, OR! Please share before time runs out!

Registration Fees (Includes Breakfast,

10/01/2019

Register for our 2019 Palliative Care Conference in Portland, OR 11/1/19!

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05/25/2019

Call for abstracts!!

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04/07/2019

Please join us for our 5th professional Portland Palliative Care conference!!

Transitions Professional Center
&
Patient/Family Support Services of the Knight Cancer Institute

http://transitionspc.com/palliative-care-conference-registration/

Present:
5th Annual
Portland Palliative Care Conference

November 1st, 2019

Keynote: Keynote Speaker: JAMES TULSKY, MD
~Chair, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
~Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
~Co-Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care
~Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
James A. Tulsky, MD, has a longstanding interest in doctor-patient communication and quality of life in serious illness, and has published widely in these areas. His current research focuses on the evaluation and enhancement of communication between oncologists and patients with advanced cancer; identification of clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual trajectories of patients at the end of life; development of self-management interventions for patients with life-limiting illness; and evaluating the role of palliative care in congestive heart failure.

He is a Founding Director of VitalTalk, a non-profit devoted to nurturing healthier connections between clinicians and patients through communication skills teaching.

SHERATON PORTLAND AIRPORT HOTEL
PORTLAND, OREGON

Abstract submission period: April 8th to June 14th, 2019
(no later than 5pm on June 14th)

Registration Fees (Includes Breakfast,

12/23/2018

The world lost Aretha Franklin, Barbara and George H.W. Bush, among other this year

08/02/2018

“I thought it’s probably only a matter of time before somebody does a story about this from a sad point of view; but that’s not where I am,” the M*A*S*H actor said.

05/09/2018

Looking forward to watching....

Facing an inevitable outcome, terminally ill patients meet extraordinary medical practitioners seeking to change our approach to life and death.

12/20/2017

An app that reminds you of your mortality five times per day. What do you think?

Death had already been on Hansa Bergwall's mind before he came up with the idea for an app that would remind him of it.

12/04/2017

I'm curious what people think of this. My thought is that it would be more useful for the patients who are not ready to consider palliative care, rather than the providers. But then, maybe it would even be harmful for those patients....

End-of-life care can be stressful for patients and their loved ones, but a new algorithm could help provide better care to people during their final months.

12/04/2017

A major shift is underway as far as how to approach treatment of a condition once met with skepticism.