9th Annual Conference Palliative Medicine in Primary Care (download Program) Click on the links below to view the corresponding presentation. Some files are large in size and may take some time. Friday Indications and challenges of oral anticoagulation [1.4 MB] Ali Taher Chronic care of the asthmatic child Zeina Baz The early management of an ischemic stroke: pitfalls and recommendations [1.4 MB] Souheil Karaa Initial workup of vascular thrombosis of the retinal vessels Georges Maalouly Pain management of chronically ill patients Hicham Abou Zeid Opening ceremony   Round Table: Future of primary care in Lebanon   Saturday Breakfast discussion: Truth telling: is our culture ready? Antoine Corban Palliative care: The role of the primary care physician Scott Murray Prolonging life or ending suffering: ethical and legal concerns   Thalia Arawi Lesson from family medicine in the care of dying patient Michael Kidd Coffee Break   Management of physical symptoms Ramzi Hajjar The last 48 hours Hibah Osman Psychological face of palliative care Tima Al Jamil Empowering the caregiver Myrna Doumit Sponsored by Lili Major Depressive syndrome: from remission to i Naji Riyachi Lunch Break   Sponsored by Updates in treatment of Diabetes Mellitus 2 Ibrahim Salti Advancing Palliative care in Arab countries: Experiences from the region  Sami Alsirafy (Egypt) Scope of family medicine in the Arab countries Maya Romani Management of pressure ulcers Mansour Dib Identifying patients who would benefit from palliative care Scott Murray     Sunday Is treatment mandatory for patients with PCOS? Jinan Usta How to be a resilient family doctor in the 21st century Michael Kidd Radiologic evaluation and acute management of urolithiasis [6 MB] Elie Nemr Coffee break   Clinical pearls for the management of red eye in primary care office Beatrice Khater Updates in treatment of hypertension [2 MB] Antoine Sarkis Latest breast cancer screening guidelines: applicability in the Lebanese population Arafat Toufaily Symposium by Sanofi Adventis