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Building palliative care services as we build houses: Improving quality of life for all through evidence-based policy

This lecture will be given online by Dr Marie-Charlotte Bouësseau.

Dr Marie-Charlotte Bouësseau leads the World Health Organization's (WHO) activities on integrated palliative care, working in collaboration with different WHO Departments, Regional Offices and global partners active in this field. After graduating in medicine, she practiced cardiology in France for several years before undertaking post-graduate studies in epidemiology, social sciences, and philosophy. Since 1995, her activities have been wholly focused on questions of global public health and bioethics.

The Cicely Saunders International Annual Lecture is an event hosted by the Cicely Saunders Institute at King’s College London.

Speakers at this event are global leaders whose work has significantly influenced the field. These lectures are a unique opportunity to learn from world-leading clinicians and scientists and are aimed at clinicians, healthcare researchers, health policymakers and palliative care funders.

Royal College of Physicians CPD (1 point). Please Register via the Eventbrite link to confirm your attendance.