Moving Palliative and End-of-life Care Forward

May 17-21, 2010
Tory Building TB 95
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Roger Thomas, BA (Honours Economics/University of Cambridge), PhD (Yale), and MD (McMaster University)

Professor – Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta.

His research and academic interests are in the areas of systematic reviews, school and family monitoring interventions to prevent children smoking, active learning, learning disabilities among children, effectiveness of the influenza vaccine, health promotion and routine screening for stomach cancer, home interventions for the elderly, telehealth, and palliative care. This research builds upon his experiences in providing health care in rural and remote areas of Canada, the UK, and Africa.

Topic:

• Why is there a need to focus on rural peoples? - with a specific focus on rural/remote peoples in various parts of Canada, the United Kingdom, and Africa