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Compassionate Communities: Reorienting the health system

Topic:
End-of-life and palliative care
Speaker:
Professor Allan Kellehear (UK)
Date and time:
Wednesday 14 October, 7-8.15pm
Location:
Online (Zoom)
Audience:
Health professionals

A recording of an earlier presentation on this topic, followed by a live Q&A with Prof. Kellehear.

Abstract
This talk discusses the WHO health promotion advice (Ottawa Charter) to ‘Reorient health services’.
What does this advice actually mean, and how might you go about it? Who might do what in the task of moving clinical services toward a wider brief in community partnership, engagement and health promotion?
This discussion will occur in the context of a public health approach to end-of-life care.

Speaker bio
Prof. Kellehear is a British-Australian end-of-life care academic who has held chairs in Australia, Britain and Japan.
He founded the ‘new’ public health movement in palliative care – variously known as ‘health promoting palliative care’, or ‘public health approach’ to palliative care, or the ‘compassionate communities’ movement.
Prof. Kellehear is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Bradford, Associate Director of the UK charity Compassionate Communities UK, and honorary professor at McMaster University Medical School and Durham University’s Department of Theology and Religion.

While this event targets health professionals, anyone with an interest in end-of-life and palliative care is welcome to register to attend.

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This is one of more than 20 online sessions being held over four days – all with a focus on end-of-life and palliative care. Three evening events target health professionals.

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