2018 Convention
Official Poster
Universal Access
to Palliative Care: Because You Matter
EVENT SUMMARY
Registration
Total number of participants: 140 (79 Physicians and 63 Non-Physicians)
DATE
25 October 2018
VENUE
Diamond Hotel, Manila, Philippines
Sponsors:
Co-sponsor: MundiPharma
Fellowship Night: Menarini
Gold Sponsor: Otsuka
Bronze Sponsors: Nestle, Active Care, Abbott, Biofemme
The Ruth Foundation: registration and printing of manuals
Feedback:
Well-organized conference
Expectations on the conference were met
Speakers were knowledgeable
Materials were presented in an interesting manner
Facilities were appropriate
Objectives of the conference were met
International Speakers
Plenary Speaker
Hospice & Palliative Medicine id est
“To cure sometimes, to relieve often, and to comfort always.”
— Hippocrates
“Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity”
— Pema Chodron (The Schwartz Center)
“You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die.”
— Dame Cicely Saunders ( Founder of modern hospice movement)
“It is a national public health problem. In fact, it is an international public health problem that people in parts of the world that have highly developed and sophisticated and accessible to everybody medicine, have forgotten what normal dying looks like.”
— Dr. Kathryn Mannix (The Irish Times)