Hybrid session: hosted in-person at the Cicely Saunders Institute and virtually via Microsoft Teams

Abstract

How a country treats its dying citizens says a lot about its values. Addressing people’s housing situations, enhancing their social security entitlements, adapting care to take account of trauma experienced across the life course – all are palliative care interventions nested within the new public health approach to dying. This seminar will present findings from the qualitative visual methods study Dying In The Margins (2019-2023) which aimed to understand better the experience of people dying in circumstances of financial hardship and deprivation. It will draw attention to all the ways in which dying is a social justice issue.

About the Speaker

Dr Naomi Richards is Senior Lecturer and Director of the End of Life Studies Group at the University of Glasgow. She is a social anthropologist by training. She teaches on the University of Glasgow’s End of Life Studies Programme (Micro-credential/PGCert/PGDip/MSc).

About the Seminar Series 

The Cicely Saunders Institute Open Seminar Series events are free to attend.

The series aim is to optimise opportunities for local, national and international networking within palliative care and rehabilitation. We facilitate seminars to assist in improving practice, education and policy, and the integration of research and clinical endeavours.