Moving Palliative and End-of-life Care Forward

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

Sharon Baxter, MSW (Public Policy and Administration)

Executive Director of the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. Past Executive Director of the Canadian AIDS Society. Founding member of the Quality End-of-life Care Coalition of Canada, which recently released a report entitled: End-of-Life Care in Canada, 10 Years Later...More Action Needed. Among other current activities and roles, she is the Chair of the Advocacy Committee for the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance.

Topics:

• Why is there a need to focus on rural people? - Sharing current Canadian Hospital Palliative Care insights and perspectives on rural peoples of Canada.
• Putting it all together! Melding research, good intentions, needs, and public interests to improve palliative and end-of-life care for all peoples – rural and urban.