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Palliative care has a high profile in the delivery of cancer care services and is of growing interest to all health care practitioners. This reflects a marked change in attitudes to the management of cancer: not too long ago, nurses were forbidden to discuss treatment with patients, who were often ignorant of their diagnosis. Now, the focus has shifted to optimising quality of life in a comprehensive package of total care involving the patient and the family.
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During the weekend of 10-12 August 1996 over 1400 cancer nurses from over 70 countries began to converge on Brighton, England, the venue for the 9th biennial conference. It was hosted jointly by The Royal Marsden NHS Trust and the Royal College of Cancer Nursing Society, under the auspices of The International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care. The conference venue was the Metropole Hotel and the organisation of the event was in the capable hands of the RCN conference Unit.
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American Oncology Nursing Society congress The third international conference on children and death Annual scientific meeting of the European Association of Cancer Education Launch of nurse-led initiatives in lung cancer care.
