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Permission has been granted by the authors for the following oral presentations from both plenary and parallel sessions to be shared on this site and downloaded.
PLEASE NOTE: These are available only in PDF format. Should you use information from any of these presentations, attribution to the author/s must be made.
Oral Presentations
Ambler J – Burnout in Palliative Care Practitioners
Buchner A – Use of palliative chemotherapy in SA -Experience in a single unit
Carpenter S – Being part of the solution – Providing palliative care to the homeless and destitute
Daniels A -Bridging Gaps. Advancing Childrens Palliative Care Through Webinars
Das E – Magnify Tool – A Hands on demonstration
de Wet R – Propellers of organisational sustainability in nonprofit hospices in South Africa
du Plessis R- Minding the Gap. Tales of an Occupational Therapist and her role in a Hospice IDT
Gage C – Integrating EMS and Palliative Care
Glass M – Palliative Care Support Interventions for Parents Bereaved by Still-Birth
Harned E – More than Just the Pills
Howes CG and Matthews B – Puzzle Model
Jansen van Rensburg M – The art therapist’s position in the palliative care system
Kaplan B – The Evolution of Mindfulness Practice in Working with the Dying
Kumar S – Compassionate Communities – Lessons from Kerala
Lubbe H – Experience of primary caregivers of patients receiving end-of-life hospice care.
Mannix K – Tender Conversations – Listening to Understand
Marston J – Palliative Care in Humanitarian Settings and Emergencies
Matrose B – Spiritual Care in Mother and Child Palliative care setting
Meinert L – Learning from Loss- How Lessons from Palliative Care are Helping Climate Change Actists
Mkhize N – Ubuntu A Principle for Informed Palliative Care
Munnings Hardman M -Reflections on 40 years of palliative care in rural SA
Oxford-Huggett W – Palliative care accreditation and standards
Penfold P- Incorporating palliative principles in acute paediatric perioperative care
Ratshikana M – Integrated Palliative Outcomes Scale (IPOS)
Rawlins T – Childrens Palliative Care Education in South Africa A Growing Movement
Shibula N – A holistic bereavement care model for perinatal loss
Suckling B – Navigating the Digital World in PPC
Tong F – The revised Bereavement Support Course Torr U – Holding the centre – Listening to the patient voice
Wiles J – Integrating PPC into health system KZN
Wishnia J – Putting the brakes on IPU Closures_Wishnia and Kistan
Poster Presentations
You are invited to view, read, and download a selection of the poster presentations that were presented at the conference.
A Systems Approach to Palliative Care: Mapping a Palliative Care Unit at a Public Hospital
Dr Madri Jansen van Rensburg
Abundant Life Palliative Care a Model Landscaping SA Palliative Care
Dr Clint Cupido
Advocating for Dignity at the End of Life: A Case of Collaboration
Leigh Meinert, Prof Joseph Raimondo
Cancer Burden and Quality of Life among female patients living with HIV accessing palliative care at the Wits Centre for Palliative Care, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Phillip Makume, Dr Mpho Ratshikana
Causes for Palliative Care Readmissions to Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
Andrea Mendelsohn
Chronic conditions, Multimorbidity and Associations with the Semographic Profile in Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr Mpho Ratshikana, Sonti Pilusa
Reducing End-of-Life Distress: The Case for Legal Recognition of Advance Directives in South African Palliative Care
Prof Joseph Raimondo and Willem A. Landman
Through the Looking glass: Reflections and Lessons learnt of a Palliative Care Coordinator at Victoria Hospital, Wynberg
Veronique Davids, Mary Shunmugam
Use of Palliative Chemotherapy in South Africa: National Survey of Paediatric Oncologists
Dr Ané Buchner