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SUMMARY:Are hospital admissions for people with palliative care needs avoi
 dable and unwanted?  - Merryn Gott\, Professor of Health Sciences\, Univer
 sity of Auckland
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CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:Health policy in England\, in line with many other resource ri
 ch countries\, affords low priority to the acute hospital as a place of ca
 re for people with a life limiting illness. Admissions are often seen to b
 e ‘inappropriate’ from a clinical perspective and unwanted by patients
  themselves who\, it is often believed\, prefer to receive care\, and die\
 , ‘at home’. In this presentation I will argue that this understanding
  is not consistent with existing evidence and that there is an urgent need
  for more critical reflection on the role of hospitals within a palliative
  care context.\n\nProfessor Merryn Gott specialises in palliative and end-
 of-life care\, with an interest in developing models of care to meet the n
 eeds of ageing populations. She directs the Te Arai Palliative Care and En
 d of Life Research Group and is chair of health sciences at the University
  of Auckland and Visiting Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery
  at the University of Sheffield. Her research interests are broad reaching
 \, encompassing hospital admissions at the end-of-life\; care-home staff p
 reparedness for palliative care provision\; and the cultural needs and car
 e preferences of indigenous older people and their family carers. Merryn h
 as received considerable acclaim for her work\, including a New Zealand As
 sociation of Scientists' Research Medal\, and in 2016 was awarded the NEXT
  Woman of the Year for Health and Science.  We are delighted to welcome he
 r to Cambridge.\n\n*PLEASE "REGISTER HERE":https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/
 are-hospital-admissions-for-palliative-patients-avoidable-and-unwanted-tic
 kets-35911513303*
LOCATION:Seminar rooms\, Cambridge Institute of Public Health\, Forvie Sit
 e\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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