Category Archives: Salzburg Global Seminar Series

Sowing the Seeds of a Global Conversation: The Salzburg Questions Series

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

In response to Human Rights Day yesterday, 10th December, Katie Witcombe, Outreach Administrator for the Cicely Saunders Institute and one of the facilitators of the Salzburg Questions series, explains the importance of using digital campaigns to shine a spotlight on neglected … Continue reading →

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What future research is needed to improve care for people with advanced illness and towards the end of life?

Posted on November 10, 2017 by

Salzburg Public Debate on Palliative and End of Life Care . . . On this, World Science Day for Peace and Development, the #allmylifeQs series launches its final, and perhaps most important, question: What future research is needed to improve … Continue reading →

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Do you know how to access #palliativecare when you need it?

Posted on October 13, 2017 by

Continuing the Salzburg Questions series that encourages a global discussion about the key issues affecting palliative care. Today, ahead of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day tomorrow (14 October 2017), Dr Stephen Connor, Executive Director Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance … Continue reading →

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Doctors, nurses; do you want to die the way your patients die?

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

WHEN THE TIME COMES TO TELL OUR STORY, WHAT WILL WE SEE? Continuing the Salzburg Questions series that encourages a global discussion about the key issues affecting palliative care. Today, on International Right to Know Day (28 September) Dr Bruce … Continue reading →

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How and what do you measure to ensure quality palliative and end-of-life care?

Posted on July 11, 2017 by

Continuing the Salzburg Questions series that encourages a global discussion about the key issues affecting palliative care.   Today, 11 July, is World Population Day. Professor Richard Harding, Herbert Dunhill Chair and Director of the Centre for Global Health Palliative Care, … Continue reading →

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One hundred and forty-five countries signed the 1951 Refugee Convention: Why do refugees have limited access to quality health care and end-of-life care?

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

Continuing the Salzburg Questions series that encourages a global discussion about the key issues affecting palliative care. On World Refugee Day today, 20 June, Dr Emmanuel Luyirika, Executive Director, and Shelley Enarson, Communications Consultant, both of the African Palliative Care … Continue reading →

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Will caring for your loved one bankrupt you emotionally and financially?

Posted on May 15, 2017 by

Continuing our new series, the Salzburg Questions, which aims to encourage a global discussion about the key issues affecting palliative care. To mark the International Day of Families today (15 May 2017), Sheila Payne, Emeritus Professor, International Observatory on End … Continue reading →

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