13th Congress of AFCMA
~ First Announcement ~
Love, Hope and Faith
in
Family Health Care
Nov.
25-27, 2004
Cardinal
Tien Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Organized by
Federation
of Catholic Health Care Associations of Taiwan
Catholic Fu Jen
University
The
Catholic Hospital Association of Taiwan.
The
Catholic Medical Association of Taiwan
The
Catholic Nurses Association of Taiwan
The Catholic Pastorl Care Association of Taiwan
Dear
Sisters & Brothers in Christ,
We
are happy to announce that the next Congress of Asian Federation of
Catholic Medical Associations will be held in Taipei! We will have a
splendid opportunity to support, encourage, & learn from, each
other. The theme is a response to the Holy Father’s call to promote
the dignity of the Family. During our war against SARS, we had no spare
energy to respond to the call, but we felt the deep need to focus on the
Family in our medical & pastoral work: now, let us renew our energy
& resources, to promote Love, Hope and Faith in our health care
efforts, knowing that, a person’s wellness is intricately related to
the wellness of the Family.
In
addition to the formal program, I think you will enjoy the rich culture
& Chinese hospitality, for you & your accompanying persons. Do
plan to come to Taipei!
Sincerely in Christ,
Sister
Mary Ann Lou, M.D. FACS
President,
Federation of Catholic Health Care Associations of Taiwan
Love,
Hope and Faith in Family Health Care
To
promote the healthcare of the entire population, we wish to focus on care
of the most basic unit in our society – FAMILY, on the foundation of
LOVE, HOPE, and FAITH, our Catholic heritage. Good health care for every
member of the family should include their physical, emotional, and
spiritual care, in an integrated way.
Because
healthcare of every member is intimately related to the whole family, we
wish every physician would be concerned about the family. So the subtitles
for in-depth discussion would be:
a.
Woman and Child Family Health Care
b.
Adolescent and Adult Family Health Care
c. Elderly Family Health Care
The
scientific programs will include lectures, country reports, workshops,
free paper
or poster presentations. In addition, there will
be enriching social programs and liturgy worthy of your expectation and
participation.
Registration Fee
Registration
fee will be required to all attendees of this congress. However, financial aid will be available to some participants
in need. Please contact the Congress Secretariat for further information.
Accommodation
Two
hotels managed by our local Catholic Church will offer the participants
courtesy discounts. Congress Secretariat will provide the reservation
service.
*For further information please fill in the following
form and send it to the congress secretariat thru fax or email.
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Federation of Catholic Health
Care Associations
of Taiwan (FCHAT) is established on May 26, 2001 by Catholic Health Care Professionals
with the purpose to
manifest Jesus Christ’s love to humanity through health care, to provide
health care personnel a chance to communicate, to achieve the concept of a
holistic system of care for the “whole person, whole journey, whole
family, whole team”, to exchange management experience and knowledge, to
provide services related to health care and preventive medicine and to
promote quality care to all peoples.
There
are four basic founding members, which are also the cooperation unit of
the 13th AFCMA Congress:
1) The
Catholic Hospital Association of Taiwan
2) The
Catholic Medical Association of Taiwan
3)
The
Catholic Nurses Association of Taiwan
4)
The
Catholic Pastoral Care Association of Taiwan
Each of the above mentioned associations retain its integrity and
independence, but united in a common purpose.
Elderly：2.03 million
Capital : Taipei City
People :Chinese/Minority
/Aborigines
3 Mains Languages: Mandarin/Taiwanese/
Hakka
3 Mains Religions:
Buddhism/Taoism/Christian
Taiwan's total land area is only about 3,6000 square kilometers; it is shaped like a tobacco leaf that is narrow at both ends. It lays off the southeastern coast of mainland Asia, across the Taiwan Straits from Mainland China-- a solitary island on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. To the north lies Japan and Okinawa, to the south is the Philippines. Many airlines fly to Taiwan, making it an easy travel destination
13th
AFCMA Congress Secretariat
Mailing Add: 362 Chung Cheng Rd., Hsientien, Taipei Hsien 231, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: +886-2-22193391#5201
Fax: +886-2-22195821
E-mail: service@cth.org.tw
