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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Pal­lia­tive So­ci­ety holds third an­nu­al con­fer­ence...

Palliative care: More than just cancer care

Dr. Mar­garet Din­gle Spence to de­liv­er con­fer­ence keynote

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Dr. Mar­garet Din­gle Spence will de­liv­er the fea­ture pre­sen­ta­tion at the Pal­lia­tive Care So­ci­ety's third an­nu­al con­fer­ence, on Oc­to­ber 20 at the Hilton Ho­tel and Con­fer­ence Cen­tre, Port-of-Spain.

Dr Spence is the se­nior med­ical of­fi­cer and con­sul­tant on­col­o­gist at the Hope In­sti­tute, a can­cer hos­pi­tal in Ja­maica.

The theme of this year's con­fer­ence is "Pal­lia­tive Care: More than just Can­cer Care."

The con­fer­ence will be held with the col­lab­o­ra­tion of the Tem­my Lat­ner Cen­tre for Pal­lia­tive Care at Mt Sinai Hos­pi­tal, Toron­to; The De­part­ment of Fam­i­ly and Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to; and the Uni­ver­si­ty of The West In­dies.

The Con­fer­ence is open to med­ical prac­ti­tion­ers, health care providers, oth­er care­givers and any­one who wants to learn about pal­lia­tive care.


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