Annual Conference 2013 - Posters

This year's conference took place at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on Thursday 31 October 2013. Listed below are the posters displayed at the conference - to view, click on the poster name.

Poster presentations

A limited systematic review of the efficacy of the management of paraneoplastic sweating in palliative care populations

Audit of oxygen therapy in a specialist palliative medicine unit

Audit of the efficacy of Snoezelen Therapy in a specialist palliative care unit

Better palliative care for heart failure patients, the Caring Together Programme

Caring for an adult receiving palliative care at home - An exploration of the perceptions and lived experiences of carers

Changes in place of death preferences in patients receiving specialist palliative care

Children and Young People's Palliative Care

CYPADM: Children/Young People Acute Deterioration Management - Lothian Dissemination Pathway

Developing National Guidelines for Palliative Care

Dying Matters...Let's Talk About It! Public Awareness Event

End of life care in South Glasgow acute hospitals - the death of the LCP?

Enhancing anticipatory care planning through partnership working: the STACCATO approach

Evaluating Namaste Care: Creating a sacred space for shared positive experiences with care residents with advanced dementia

Evaluation of a Pilot Bereavement Support Training Programme in Schools

Evaluation of the ACP process in a demonstration site in North Ayrshire

Expressive Support: an innovative, person-centred approach to spiritual assessment and holistic care

Health Promoting Palliative Care: Nurturing roots to bring new growth

Hospice Based Ultrasound Scanning: The First 12 months

How do Gold Standard Framework meeting support palliative care delivery as part of primary care services? A observational study

How good is primary care at identifying patients who need palliative care? A mixed methods study

Identification needs for end of life care teaching amongst Junior Doctors

Influencing National Policy and Practice Frameworks: A hospice perspective

Let's get it right first time....

Life story work within a hospice

Loss, Grief and Bereavement "Toolkit"

North Glasgow palliative care fast-track discharge system

Patient centred ascitic drain service development: A Case Review

Planning ahead for people with dementia

Should a person who is near to death never be enrolled as a subject in clinical research? A critical appraisal of the literature on this key question

Staff perceptions of To Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation discussions in a palliative care setting - a qualitative study

The 100% Project

The South Edinburgh Care Homes Project: A community nurse specialist led intervention to improve palliative care

The Square Table Programme

Understanding palliative and end of life care through community engagement

Up-skilling generalist nurses in palliative care

Using an outcome measure in specialist palliative care settings