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"Hospice and Palliative Care: a Human Right" is the theme of this year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, a day of global awareness and action celebrated on October 11 in support of hospice and palliative care.
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The event will begin with a screening of the BBC documentary, "The Two Faces of Opium," that examines the challenges patients face in accessing services and medicines to relieve pain and suffering throughout the world. The distinguished panel members will bring their expertise and front line experience regarding global palliative care as they discuss current efforts and ongoing needs to ensure that quality end-of-life care is a human right for all people the world over.
The evening's presentation will be followed by a reception sponsored by the National Hospice Foundation.
Who: NHPCO, FHSSA and GWU Public Health Student Association
What: Film and Panel Discussion
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008; 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Followed by a reception sponsored by National Hospice Foundation
Where: George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium
Media and Public Affairs Building
805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
RSVP/Info: Ms. Funmi Adesanya, [email protected] or call 703-647-6684.
-- "The Two Faces of Opium," a BBC documentary sponsored by DIFD and WHO -- Panel: Carla Alexander, MD, University of Maryland; John Palen, PhD, MPH, PA, USAID; Phil DiSorbo, Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Moderator: John Mastrojohn III, RN, MSN, MBA, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
SOURCE National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
