2nd Palliative Care Conference

9.00 a.m.       

OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE

Addresses by:

Rector of the Jagiellonian University

Prof. Wojciech Nowak, MD, PhD

Minister of Health

Konstanty Radziwiłł, MD, PhD

Head of the Society of Friends to People in Disease at St Lazarus Hospice in Kraków

Jolanta Stokłosa, PhD  

FIRST SESSION – PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DEATH AND DYING

Moderator: Prof. Maria Flis, PhD, Jagiellonian University Vice-Rector for University Development

9.30 a.m.

The Changing Attitudes towards Death

– Prof. Antonina Ostrowska, PhD, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

9:50 a.m.

Human death from the theological perspective

– Rev. Andrzej Muszala, PhD, Professor of the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Kraków (Interfaculty Institute of Bioethics)

10.10 a.m.

Transformation of the relationship between patients and their loved ones due to a terminal illness (from psychological perspective)

– Bernadetta Janusz, PhD, Family Therapy Department at the Chair of Psychiatry, Jagiellonian University Medical College

10.30 a.m.

Meaning of life at its end

– Natalia Czyżowska, psychologist at the Society of Friends to People in Disease at St Lazarus Hospice in Kraków, Doctoral student at the JU Institute of Psychology, Deputy Head for Medical College at the Association of Jagiellonian University Doctoral Students

10.50 a.m.

Futile treatment and the duty to provide medical dare under Polish law

- Małgorzata Żmudka, doctoral student at the Chair in Criminal Law of the Jagiellonian University

11.10 a.m.

First session summary – Prof. Maria Flis, PhD

11:20 – 11.50 a.m.

Coffee break

SECOND SESSION – MEDICAL ASPECTS OF DEATH AND DYING

Moderator: Prof. Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk, PhD, Rector's Proxy for Education and International Cooperation at the Medical College, Head of the Chair of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Head of the Department of Medical Sociology at the Jagiellonian University Medical College

11:50 a.m.

Quality of life of patients suffering from advanced cancer
– Prof. Wojciech Leppert, PhD, Chair and Clinic of Palliative Medicine at Poznan University of Medical Sciences

12:10 p.m.

"Limits" of intensive care

Prof. Jerzy Wordliczek, MD, PhD, Rector's Proxy for Clinical Affairs at the Medical College, Head of the Clinic of Interdisciplinary Intensive Care at the Jagiellonian University Medical College

12:30 p.m.

Dying scenarios and palliative care of patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases

- Anna Adamczyk, MD, Chair and Department of Palliative Care at the Nicholaus Copernicus University in Bydgoszcz, Palliative Medicine Unit of the University Hospital No. 1 in Bydgoszcz

12:50 p.m.

Hospice care of patients suffering from non-cancerous diseases

Tomasz Grądalski, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer of the Society of Friends to People in Disease at St Lazarus Hospice in Kraków

1:10 p.m.

End of life: in hospital or at home?

– Prof. Tomasz Grodzicki, MD, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University Medical College, Head of the Clinic of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics and the Chair of Internal Medicine and Gerontology at the Jagiellonian University Medical College  

1.30 p.m.

Address by members of the Student Society at the Academic Society at the Clinic of Pain Treatment and Palliative Care of the Jagiellonian University Medical College.

Dehydration prognostic factors in cancer patients under palliative care. Prognostic factors of acute admissions to the Department of Palliative Care. Retrospective analysis of medical records.

Daniel Andrysiak, 3^rd year student of the JU MC Faculty of Medicine, Paweł Bryniarski, 4^th year student of the JU MC Faculty of Medicine.

1.50 p.m.

Prof. Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk, PhD

2.00 – 2.40 p.m.

Coffee break

THIRD SESSION – EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH THE TERMINALLY ILL

Moderator: Iwona Filipczak-Bryniarska, MD, PhD – head of the Clinic of Pain Treatment and Palliative Care, Chair of Internal Medicine and Gerontology at the Jagiellonian University Medical College 

2.40 p.m.

What is a "good death"? – expectations of patients during the last days of their life

– Jolanta Życzkowska, MD, PhD, physician at the Society of Friends to People in Disease at St Lazarus Hospice in Kraków

3.00 p.m.

Is hospice care possible in long-term care setting?

– Elżbieta Wesołek, psychologist at the Society of Friends to People in Disease at St Lazarus Hospice in Kraków

3.20 p.m.

Panel discussion featuring:

Iwona Filipczak-Bryniarska, MD, PhD, Melania Pitucha (psychologist), Justyna Koniczuk-Kleja (psychologist), Jolanta Życzkowska, MD, PhD, Ewa Banach (psychologist), IFMSA representatives: Agnieszka Paśko, 5^th year student of the JU Faculty of Medicine and Anna Mazurkiewicz, 4^th year student of the JU Faculty of Medicine   

4.00 p.m.

CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE

• Jolanta Stokłosa, PhD
• Iwona Filipczak-Bryniarska, MD, PhD
• Prof. Beata Tobiasz-Adamczyk, PhD