International Distinguished Speaker Series

We Invite You to Attend The Status of Palliative Care in Brazil and Developing Countries: Challenges and Solutions in a Changing World Dr. Claudia Naylor, MD, Director, Palliative Care Unit of National Cancer Institute of Brazil is the featured presenter for the UBC Palliative Care Y.S. Hsieh Memorial Lecture 2012 International Distinguished Speaker Series. Dr. [...]

U of Toronto – Head: Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) Division of Palliative Care

Position Vacancy – Univeristy of Toronto – Head: Department of Family & Community Medicine (DFCM) Division of Palliative Care. Applications being accepted until November 11, 2011. Head Palliative Care JD FINAL – Oct 20 2011 (3)

3 Day Module on Palliative/End-of-life Care

Spring 2011 The GP Services Committee has committed funds to train 300-400 GPs across the province of BC in a 3 day module on palliative/end of life care. This Practice Support Program format has been successfully used to enhance GP skills and practice structures in other areas, e.g., chronic disease management, advance practice access, mental [...]

Dr P. Hawley – Gordon Dunn 2010 Pioneer Award

Congratulations to Dr Hawley who has been awarded the Gordon Dunn 2010 Pioneer Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation of BC.

First International Palliative Care Meeting King Fahd Medical City – Dec 2011

Dr Alan Nixon has accepted an invitation from the Palliative Care Dept. King Fahd Medical City to be on the scientific committee for their First International Palliative Care Meeting in Dec 2011, in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

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Welcome

The Division of Palliative Care, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine in the University of British Columbia, aims to ensure excellence in care of the dying through research, community advocacy and education in undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and public education. Palliative care is committed to the relief of suffering, maximizing a person’s comfort, independence and quality of life when his or her illness is no longer amenable to cure. To honour this commitment of care, palliative care aims to provide “whole person care”, i.e. physical, psychological, cultural, social, existential and spiritual support to the dying and to the bereaved.