End of life issues in hospitals: Comparing Scotland, Denmark and New Zealand
End of life issues in hospitals: Comparing Scotland, Denmark and New Zealand
Glasgow End of Life Studies Group
Date: Wednesday 21 June 2017
Time: 09:30 - 12:30
Venue: The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
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Speaker: Professor David Clark, Dr Lene Jarlbæk, Professor Merryn Gott
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Document: Imminence of death among a national cohort of hospital inpatients
Research published by the University of Glasgow, supported by Marie Curie, found that three in ten people on a given day in Scottish hospitals will die within 12 months. One in ten will die on their current admission.
Similar research has now been carried out in Denmark and New Zealand.
This seminar will bring together the three lead researchers who carried out this work across the three countries:
- Professor David Clark, University of Glasgow.
David is a Wellcome Trust Investigator and founder of the Glasgow End of Life Studies Group
- Dr Lene Jarlbæk, Danish Knowledge Centre for Rehabilitation and Palliative Care (REHPA)
Lene is a specialist in oncology and clinical pharmacology at REHPA
- Professor Merryn Gott, University of Auckland
Merryn is a Professor of Health Sciences and is Visiting Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sheffield
They will each present their findings, drawing comparisons as well as discussing and exploring reasons for differences between them, including possible policy approaches.
The event will conclude with a Q&A session with the panel.
Find out more about the University of Glasgow End of Life Studies Group www.glasgow.ac.uk/endoflifestudies
This event is a follow-up from an event End of life care in Scottish Hospitals: opportunities for further engagement organised with Marie Curie Scotland in 2015. You can watch footage and download podcasts from the 2015 event on the End of Life Studies blog.