Research partnerships with the people and communities affected help to challenge health inequities, and support person-centred care in health systems.
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Palliative care is often seen as a ‘last resort’ rather than a service that empowers terminally ill people to live as well as possible for as long as possible.
Person-centred care sees the patient as a whole, unique individual and puts them at the centre of their health decisions.
Psychosocial and economic stressors can affect health, but neither our doctors nor our health-care system have the tools to integrate these factors into diagnoses or care. Play offers an alternative.
The theory of supportive design considers
positive distraction, perceptions of control and social support.
It’s time to make caring doctors the norm, not the exception.
Do we really need to wear an embarrassing, backless gown in hospital?
When patients, doctors and nurses have the opportunity to share their experiences of hospital intensive care, the resulting dialogue can be transformative.
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Acting Assistant Scientific Director Critical Care Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services and Senior Research Associate, University of Calgary
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Professor of Critical Care Medicine, University of Calgary
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Counselling Psychologist, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Suffolk
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Strathclyde
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Interim Chair, Associate Professor, Research Director - Critical Care, University of Alberta
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Professor of Public Policy, UCL
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Associate professor, Department of Health Sciences, Carleton University
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Perron Institute Research Chair in Palliative Care, The University of Western Australia
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Researcher, Director of Media-Health/Game-Clinic laboratory, Concordia University
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PhD in Individualized Program (INDI), Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Université de Montréal
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University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo
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Research Assistant, Design and Computation Arts, Concordia University