Palliative Care - Your Roadmap Companion to Living Your Legacy With Grace

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This session is to help physicians understand the distinct philosophy of palliative care and hospice care practice, delineating and breakdown myths and confusion surrounding end of life care, initiating difficult conversations, and reviewing the unique needs of the growing geriatric population and people living with life-limiting/life threatening illnesses. There is an undoubtedly high demand to raise awareness on services surrounding the spective of palliative care and hospice services. 

1. Understand the role of palliative care through the contiuum of patient care.
2. Recognize the spectrum of palliative care consultation services.
3. Encourage and implement early palliative care consultation referral process.
4. Review how to talk to patients about difficult news.
5. Delineation of goals of care directives.

Disclosures: none.

The New York State Osteopathic Medical Society (NYSOMS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic medical education to physicians. NYSOMS designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A CME credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician's participation in this activity. 

All grievances may be directed to NYSOMS Executive Director at nysoms@nysoms.org. All grievances will receive an initial response within 30 days of receipt.  If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can submit a complaint to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.