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Working Towards Quality End-of-Life Care PALLIATIVE CARE CONFERENCE 2012

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Working Towards Quality End-of-Life Care. PALLIATIVE CARE CONFERENCE 2012. The PALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. CONFERENCE 2011. workshop port-of- spain hospital. fundraising. Thank you Rotary Club of Port-of-Spain West. existing palliative care services. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Working TowardsQuality End-of-Life Care

PALLIATIVE CARE CONFERENCE 2012

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The PALLIATIVE CARE SOCIETYOF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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CONFERENCE 2011

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workshopport-of-spain hospital

Participants

medical studentsdoctorsnursessocial worker

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fundraising

Thank you Rotary Club of Port-of-Spain West

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existing palliative care services

Living Waters Hospice

Vitas House Hospice

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hospice proposal

• The first in-patient palliative care unit within the public health system

• A model for other units

• A demonstration/teaching unit affiliated to UWI

• A haven for the terminally ill and their families in north- east Trinidad

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“To few of us is given the chance to cure, but to all of us is given the challenge and the chance to relieve the suffering of our

fellow men and women.” Derek Doyle

Thank you.