Annual conference 2008

PALLIATIVE CARE: Daring to be Different

Thursday 2 October 2008

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
9 Queen Street
Edinburgh EH2 1JQ

Speakers included the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon, who launched the  Action Plan for palliative and end of life care in Scotland, and Dr Harvey Max Chochinov, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care (see below). 

Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, OM, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FRSC, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba, holds the only Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care. He established the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit at Cancer Care Manitoba and helped spearhead the development of the Canadian Virtual Hospice, an interactive network for patients, families and healthcare providers dealing with terminal illness and loss, of which he is Co-chair. He has received international recognition for his work examining various psychosocial aspects of palliative care, including ways of preserving dignity at the end of life. Dr.Chochinov is a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and of his province’s highest honour, the Order of Manitoba, for his work in palliative care.

Download the following presentations (PDF):

• Doing it differently - Dr Harvey Max Chochinov
• Implementing the Scottish Governement's Action Plan for Palliative Care - Derek Feeley 
• Addressing inequalities - Dr Jennifer Armstrong
• Dementia is Different - Professor June Andrews
• Daring to anticipate and ask - Dr Adrian Baker
• The Community Nursing Review - Elaine Peace
• Daring to be different - Tom Hughes-Hallett
• Experiences of the Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme in NHS Tayside - Dr Martin Leiper