Cross Party Group Meeting, 8 October 2008: Joint meeting with the Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on International Development

Dr Mhoira Leng, previously NHS Grampian, now Medical Director of Cairdeas International Palliative Care Trust, Aberdeen and Head of Palliative Care, Mulago Hospital and Makerere University, Kampala and Professor Scott Murray, St Columba’s Hospice Chair in Primary Palliative Care, the University of Edinburgh, who previously worked in rural Kenya presented on International perspectives on palliative care from economically developing countries.

Meeting Papers

• Appendix 1 - Dr Mhoira Leng's presentation
• Appendix 2 - Professor Scott Murray's presentation

• Agenda
• Paper 1 - World hospice & palliative care day 2008.pdf
• Paper 2 - Human rights declaration.pdf
• Paper 3 - Suffering at the end of life.pdf
• Paper 4 - Cairdeas briefing paper.pdf
• Paper 5 - Dying in Kenya and in Lothian.pdf
• Paper 6 - Malawi teaching palliative care.pdf
• Paper 7 - A Shetland - Samara partnership.pdf
• Paper 8 - Benefits to Scotland of International Health Partnerships

The UK contribution to increasing the number of health workers in Africa through supporting education and training