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- 1. Dear Mrs. Amal Abu-Nijmih; Faculty of Nursing, Bethlehem
UniversityOn behalf of the Al-Sadeel Society for Palliative Care
for Cancer Patients, we would like to thank you for actively
participating in the Workshop on Holistic Approaches for Oncology
Integrated Palliative Care that was held in Jerusalem. Sending your
senior students (Nasser Dweib, Riham Melhem, Sharihan Jobran,
Mohammad Thawabtah, Murad Abu-Rmayes, Walaa Abdelwahab, Mahmoud
Torman) was a professional and active participation in this
meeting. It was our pleasure meeting them; we hope that the
workshop was informative and provided them with the knowledge and
the opportunity to network with other professionals from other
countries and share their experiences. It was a very useful and
productive meeting. Your enthusiastic support of the Workshop has
been really helpful and much appreciated Thank you for supporting
us in efforts to initiate palliative care in Palestine.The workshop
covered the following topics: Providing palliative care in
resources-poor countries. The problem of suffering & the
principles of assessment in palliative medicine.Palliative care in
a hospice environment. The clinical pharmacist in palliative care.
Pain pathophysiology, pain assessment and WHO principles.
Neuropathic pain. Weak and strong Opioids. Non-Opioid analgesics.
Talking with families & Parents about the disease of a Child.
Preparing families & children about the death of a parent.
Dealing with Death. Symptom management- Fatigue. Symptom
management: Insomnia, Delirium, Dementia and anxiety. Symptom
management: Nausea Vomiting and Bowel obstruction. The family
perspective. Nursing and palliative care. Principals of drug use in
palliative care. Sedation in the terminal phase. Terminal care at
home. Education and training in palliative care.Regards, 6/11/2009
Amal Dweib Khleif Chair of the Board 733 Dr. Geminer St., Karkafa,
Bethlehem Palestine. P.O. Box: 19960 East Jerusalem 97200Telefax:
972 2 2767337 , Mobile: 972 522495249 , E-mail:
sadeelsoc@yahoo.com