Promoting Quality Care Near the End of Life: What Policy Makers Need to Know
Wednesday, July 18, 2001
Noon - 2:00 PM
708 Hart Senate Office Building
Sponsored by:
The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
The American Psychological Association
Presenters
Karen Orloff Kaplan, MPH, Sc.D., Executive Director Partnership for Caring, Inc.
Moderator
Barry Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology Fordham University, New York
Psychosocial research on end-of-life care
Gwen London, D.Min., Executive Director D.C. Partnership to Improve End-of-Life Care
Special challenges of delivering psychosocial services to minority communities
Patricia A. Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
NINR's palliative care portfolio: Current projects and future research needs
James L. Werth, Jr., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology The University of Akron
Training needs for mental health professionals: Improving end of life care
