Can Advance Care Planning be culturally diverse? Event as iCalendar

07 May 2019

3:30 - 4:30pm

Venue: 503-126

Location: 85 Park Road Grafton

Host: Te Ārai: Palliative and End of Life Research Group

Contact info: Dr Lisa Williams

Contact email: la.williams@auckland.ac.nz

Website: Watch the seminar via Zoom

Greg Crawford
Greg Crawford

About the speaker

Greg Crawford is Senior Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Director of Research and Education with Northern Adelaide Palliative Service and Professor of Palliative Medicine at the University of Adelaide. His major research and teaching interests include the end-of-life psychological issues for patients, carers and their clinicians; teaching of communication, professionalism and pain and other symptom management in palliative care. He coordinates the teaching of Medical Professional and Personal Development in the University of Adelaide Medical Program, is President of the Chapter of Palliative Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Chairman of the Palliative Care Study Group on the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer as well as Chairman of Palliative Care South Australia.

He has recently also been appointed as Adjunct Professor with the Palliative Medicine Department of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.

About the seminar

Greg will report on how the research team he was a part of used Advance Care Planning (ACP) in South Australia as a case study to explore the ways in which diverse populations can contribute to the development of health policy. The project focused on the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities (specifically, the Italian, Vietnamese and Bhutanese communities), and those living with advanced chronic disease.

In his talk, he will document ‘what is, what could, and what should be done to ensure that policies and practices impacting on end-of-life care reflect and account for the cultural diversity in Australia.’

Specific findings he’ll discuss include:

  • How ACP is undertaken and operationalised in acute care settings such as hospitals
  • Outcomes of engagement with diverse communities to document their ACP experience, perceptions, and preferences
  • Ways to support culturally appropriate ACP and improve the training of health professionals who undertake ACP with diverse communities, as well as future iterations of information and material developed to guide best practice for, and increase uptake of ACP.

Attend via Zoom

If you can't make it to this talk in person, you can Zoom in to this talk. This will be live at 3.25pm on the day.