Progress in Palliative Care

Volume 20 (2012), 6 issues per year

Progress in Palliative Care is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal with an international perspective, which welcomes original research and review papers on a broad range of topics related to end of life care. It provides a central point of reference for all disciplines of the palliative care team in all settings: medical consultants, nurses, administrators, social workers, chaplains/pastoral care staff, counsellors, pharmacists, information staff, paramedical staff and self-help groups. The emphasis of the journal is on the rapid exchange of information amongst those working in palliative care.

Progress in Palliative Care embraces all aspects of the management of problems at the end of life. It provides a single forum for current trends and controversies, and a major listing of the international research literature, including that which is novel and pertinent though not widely available.  It is published on the premise that the field is expanding so fast and that published information is so widely scattered, that a single, easily digestible source, with a strong research orientation, is essential to enable colleagues to keep abreast of new developments. The editorial board is international and includes a wide variety of disciplines. The journal also publishes occasional special themed issues.

Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) 2012: Collaboration In Palliative Care
4-7 September 2012, Queenstown, New Zealand

IMPORTANT DATES
Registration and Call for Papers: opening in April 2012
Call for papers deadline: 2nd June 2012
Early bird registration deadline: 6th July 2012
Visit the conference homepage.

Committee on Publication Ethics
Maney’s healthcare journals are now members of COPE (the Committee on Publication Ethics). Progress in Palliative Care supports the ethical principles set out by COPE available here on their website. 

2012 Courses and Colin Murray Park Meetings at St Christopher's Hospice, London

The Bereavement Pathways Project: Hospital, home, healing support – bridging the gaps in the bereavement journey
17 May 2012, 14.00-16.00      £35

Update on Oncology and General Medicine
6 September 2012,  £75 if booked by 31 May 2012, £100 thereafter

Attachment Theory – Latest Thinking: Understanding threats, stresses and losses in child and adult life
13 September 2012, 14.00-16.00      £35

Achieving good end of life care for people with dementia
10 October 2012      £90

Violent Death: Can an understanding of love and loss help to break cycles of  deadly conflict?
5 December 2012, 14.00-16.00      £35

Celebrating Care Homes 2013
This two-day conference showcases examples of exemplary practice and research in care homes.
9-10 May 2013       www.stchristophers.org.uk/celebrating-care-homes

For more information on all of the above events, please visit www.stchristophers.org.uk