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Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2692 Phone: (410) 516-7160 Fax (410) 516-5251
February 25, 1999 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Leslie Rice lnr@jhu.edu |
Johns Hopkins Lecture Hospice and Palliative Care: Is
There a Difference?
Carla S. Alexander, a specialist in end-of-life care, will
give a lecture, "Hospice
and Palliative Care: Is There a Difference?", at noon on
Wednesday, March 10, in
Shriver Hall on the University's Homewood campus, 3400 N. Charles
St., in Baltimore.
Alexander, president-elect of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, is one of the country's leading authorities on patient and family-centered care. She is also a leading advocate of an interdisciplinary team approach that centers on the active anticipation, prevention and treatment of suffering for patients who are dying.
Alexander is director of Palliative Care at the University of Maryland Institute of Human Virology; assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine; assistant professor of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; and medical director of the Johns Hopkins Home Hospice Program.
This lecture is part of the Wednesday Noon Series presented by the Johns Hopkins University Office of Special Events. Admission is free. For further information, call the Office of Special Events at 410-516-7157.
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