Assisting family carers in palliative care: challenges and evidence based strategies
- 👤 Speaker: Professor Peter Hudson, Director of the Centre for Palliative Care Melbourne, Australia
- 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday 08 July 2015, 10:00 - 11:00
- 📍 Venue: Large Seminar Room, Cambridge Institute of Public Health Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge
Abstract
Peter is a registered nurse with more than twenty-five years experience in palliative care practice, education and research.
Peter is the Director of the Centre for Palliative Care at St Vincent’s Hospital, a Collaborative Centre of The University of Melbourne, Australia. He holds an honorary professorial post at The University of Melbourne and is Professor of Palliative Care at Queen’s University, Belfast. He is a Board member of Palliative Care Australia and was a Director of the board of The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care for six years.
Peter is co-founder and Chair of the International Palliative Care Family-caregiver Research Collaboration which operates under the auspices of the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) and was co-leader of a EAPC Taskforce aimed at enhancing support provided to family carers.
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Professor Peter Hudson, Director of the Centre for Palliative Care Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday 08 July 2015, 10:00-11:00