Pain and Symptom Management calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology: Using Technology to Facilitate Chronic Disease Management

Guest Editors:
Khin Than Win, University of Wollongong, Australia
Nilmini Wickramasinghe, RMIT University, Australia

Chronic disease continues to be one of the leading causes of death and economic loss in most countries today. Hence, it has become a central problem for healthcare and many are looking for solutions.

Early detection and prevention of chronic disease is one of the preferred strategies for reducing the incidence of chronic disease and address escalating cost issues. It has been widely documented that assisting chronic disease management through information technology tends to facilitate better health outcomes. We are therefore seeing several health IT projects being initiated and successfully supporting chronic disease management.

This special issue aims to host a discussion and discourse on the possible applications of IS/IT (information systems/information technology) to facilitate better chronic disease management.

Subject Coverage

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

Facilitating standardisation via including care plans and guidelines for health information systems and developing decision support systems for assisting healthcare providers' decision making

Technology for delivery of care, e.g. artificial pancreases, implants, telemedicine, radiology, smart devices such as insulin pumps and implants

Electronic health records; health information systems; computerised guidelines; prevention; patient education; care and assistance for elderly people; lifestyle modifications such as physical activities, nutrition, weight management and mental health

Design and development of portals, communication platforms and/or the role of online social networks

Applications for mobile solutions to facilitate monitoring and/or management

Specific technology solutions to address better monitoring and management of asthma, diabetes, congenital heart disease, arthritis, chronic pain and obesity

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page.

Important Dates

Papers due: 20 October, 2012

Review results: 31 January, 2013

Final paper due: 20 April 2013

Editors and Notes

You may send one copy in the form of an MS Word or PDF file attached to an email (details in Author Guidelines) to the following:

Dr. Khin Than Win
University of Wollongong
Faculty of Informatics
Northfields Avenue
Wollongong, NSW 2522
Australia
Email: win@uow.edu.au

Prof. Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Epworth Chair Health Information Management
RMIT University
College of Business
GPO Box 2476
Melbourne, VIC 3001
Australia
E-mail: nilmini.wickramasinghe@rmit.edu.au

Please include in your submission the title of the Special Issue, the title of the Journal and the names of the Guest Editors

Call for Papers on Pain Management for The Physician and Sportsmedicine

Submission Deadline: August 6, 2012

Fast-Track Deadline: September 17, 2012

Call for Papers for a Special Thematic Issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care: Chronic Illness at the End of Life

Deadline: July 15, 2012

The Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care invites manuscripts for a special thematic issue on chronic illness at the end of life.

Appropriate topics may be related to a range of medical diagnoses: Cancer, ESRD, Alzheimer’s, COPD, HIV, etc. and challenges encountered and opportunities presented at the end stages of the disease process. Issues could pertain to the needs of individuals diagnosed with the illness, caregivers (family and professional), health care systems, and policy. Also manuscripts could address: challenges faced by people facing multiple illnesses; challenges, innovations, and interventions in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL; pain management/palliative care issues; and the role of the social worker and the interdisciplinary teams consideration in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL. Manuscripts could focus on a single illness or compare issues/interventions across illnesses. Also, a range of practice settings, hospice, hospital, nursing homes, assisted living could serve as a focus for manuscripts. As always, international perspectives and cross-cultural research are welcome.

Please address questions to Editor-in-Chief, Ellen L. Csikai, PhD at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu<mailto:ecsikai@sw.ua.edu>.

Manuscripts for this issue are due by July 15, 2012 and must be submitted online to ScholarOne:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe

Editor: Ellen L. Csikai, LCSW, MPH, PhD Professor, School of Social Work
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
Journal of Social Work in End-of Life and Palliative Care receives all manuscript submissions electronically via the ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests please contact the journal’s editor at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.

Call for Papers for Two Special Issues of Palliative Medicine

Call for papers for two forthcoming special editions:

1. Family Carers in Palliative care
Guest edited by Prof Sheila Payne and Prof Gunn Grande

It is widely recognised that family, friends and significant others (hereafter called ‘family carers’) provide care to patients during advanced illness and through the process of dying. They have an essential role in providing physical care, emotional and social support, financial resources, advocacy and anticipatory care, and in negotiating and managing care during the final phases of life. The presence of family carers who are able and willing to provide care can facilitate patient choices, such as place of care and death at home. It is a challenging and demanding role which may have physical, psychological, social and financial consequences for carers which outlasts the period of care and may influence their bereavement. Family carers occupy an ambiguous position, being both providers and potentially recipients of care.

This proposed Special Edition will serve as a useful resource for everyone interested in improving support to family carers. It is written for researchers, clinicians, managers, educators and policy makers working in, or responsible for, palliative care and hospice services. The special edition will focus on care provided by adults to adults who are in the palliative phase of their condition. It will cover care provided in a range of settings including the home, hospital, care home (nursing home) for older people, hospice and other settings.

Such knowledge is essential for informing the construction, evaluation, and promotion of supportive interventions that promote well-being directly for family carers and indirectly for patients. Hence, the call for papers for this special issue invites theoretical and research-based manuscripts that address the cumulative and interactive effects of individual, family, community, organizations, services, and policy factors on family carers’ well-being. Thus we call for manuscripts that target research from health and social care perspectives with a primary focus on family carers within a context of palliative and end of life care.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Promoting needs assessments of family carers with implications for targeting appropriate interventions
Identifying factors associated with adverse effects of care giving
Systematic reviews of the impact of carers interventions on outcomes
International or national comparisons of carers economic policies and their influence on health decision-making
Identifying the needs of specific groups of carers and their experiences

2. Understanding of palliative care in non-malignant disease
Guest edited by Prof Marie Fallon

In many countries specialist palliative care grew out of and has been closely associated with cancer care. This has led to challenges in providing palliative care for patients with non-malignant disease; knowledge, attitudes and skills have been strongly affected by this background. Modern palliative care in the cancer setting is more integrated than before and can move in and out of patient care, but this may not always be true for patients with other diagnoses.

This special edition will focus on developing our knowledge base regarding the palliative care of those with non-malignant disease. We particularly seek papers from those working outside specialist palliative care which add to our understanding of how palliative care can contribute to the care and meet the needs of those with non-malignant disease. Our aim is to publish rigorous empirical (original research or reviews), methodological or theoretical work to further our understanding of palliative care in non-malignant disease.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Understanding what colleagues from non-palliative care specialties require from palliative care to meet the needs of different patient groups.

Learning from diverse health care settings and services across different counties about effective collaboration between palliative care and other specialties.

How to educate people to provide effective high quality palliative care to those with non-malignant disease.

The use of guidelines or national frameworks for providing end of life care to those with non-malignant disease.

The views of patients and carers on developments in non-malignant palliative care.

New methods of investigating these issues.

Before submission authors should carefully read the journal’s Author Guidelines http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal201823?#tabview=manuscriptSubmission

Authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through Manuscript Central: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/palliative-medicine. Submissions are encouraged by 1st October 2012. For further information please contact the Editorial Office: debbie.ashby@bristol.ac.uk

Guest Editors
Professor Sheila Payne
Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care
Help the Hospices Chair in Hospice Studies
Lancaster University

Professor Gunn Grande
Professor of Palliative Care
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work
University of Manchester

Professor Marie Fallon
St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine
University of Edinburgh

Call for Papers on the Topic of ADHD, Depression, Pain, and Neurological Disorders for Postgraduate Medicine

Submission deadline
Thu, 07/05/2012 (All day)

Fast-Track deadline
Wed, 08/15/2012 (All day)