Most people at the end of their lives express a wish to die at home, surrounded by their loved ones but only a small number manage to do this. Dying with Dignity NSW are delighted to present the second in our series of webinars on end-of-life issues.
Our guest speakers for this event are Professor Ken Hillman AO and Associate Professor Gideon Caplan.
The Zoom webinar will be held on Wednesday 17 May from 5-6.30pm
The formal part of the webinar will finish at 6pm but will be followed by questions and discussion for those who are interested
Please RSVP below and we will send you the Zoom link to join the event.
Ken Hillman AO is Professor of Intensive Care at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Ken graduated from Sydney University and trained at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney and St Bartholomews Hospital in London. He was one of the first formally trained intensive care specialists and became the Director of Intensive Care at Charing Cross Hospital in London before returning to Australia to become Director at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney. He has over 210 peer reviewed publications; approximately 90 chapters in textbooks; co-authored an intensive care textbook; co-edited several textbooks; written two books aimed at the general public; and has acquired over $23 million in peer reviewed grants. He has been invited to address over 130 international conferences and over 140 national conferences. Ken has held many professional positions related to health and is the Director of the Simpson Centre for Health Services Research. He has an Order of Australia and has a high public profile in the area of end of life and has given a TEDx talk at the Sydney Opera House on the subject.
Associate Professor Gideon Caplan is Director of Post Acute Care Services and Director of Geriatric Medicine at Prince of Wales Hospital and a Conjoint Associate Professor at UNSW in Sydney. He is editor of the most recent textbook of Geriatric Medicine in Australia and has researched and written about Advance Care Planning, as well as providing end of life care for many people.
He has served as a consultant to Commonwealth and State Health Departments
including the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council.