FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 27, 1998
MEDIA CONTACT:
Susan Anderson
(215) 523-1546 or (800) 523-1546, ext. 2653
from March 31 to April 5: (619) 525-6218
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHO: 5,000 doctors of internal medicine (internists) will attend the American College of Physicians' (ACP) 1998 Annual Session, the nation's largest gathering of adult health specialists. Faculty are internal medicine's best and brightest. Full complement of experts in end-of-life care.
WHAT: 250 workshops and sessions on all areas of adult health. Adolescent health issues also covered. All sessions are open to registered press.
WHEN: April 2-5, 1998 (Thursday to Sunday)
WHERE: SAN DIEGO (San Diego Convention Center)
PRESS BRIEFINGS: Working with teens as both perpetrators and victims of violence Alternative medicine: complementary or competitive? Major issues in end-of life care, including physician-assisted suicide Attention deficit disorder in adults: not unusual but usually undetected How physicians can work with patients with 'drug-seeking behaviors' Introduction of ACP's new Ethics Manual for physicians The 'hospitalist,' newest member of the internal medicine team
WORKSHOP
The Patients' Job
SAMPLES:
Managing Depression and Anxiety in the 1990s
Flood of 1997: Medical Response to Natural Disasters Sleep disorders and insomnia; screening for breast cancer before age 50 Smoking cessation, athletic injuries, exercise for older adults
CLUSTERS:
women's health issues (11 sessions)
managed care issues, including ethical issues (14 sessions)
medicine and the humanities (6 sessions)
medical informatics (21 sessions)
end-of-life health care (10 sessions)
PRESS INFO: Fully equipped press office; complimentary audio tapes of some sessions. Press Office: Room 16B. Register on site. ACP communications staff available to arrange interviews.
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