Political and ethnic conflict, and geological and climatic disasters, result in suffering on a massive scale, particularly in low- and middle-income countries with fragile health care systems. Palliative care, defined most often as a response to physical, psychological, social, or spiritual suffering of those with “life-limiting illness,” is crucial for those with such illnesses in humanitarian settings. But those without life-limiting illnesses also suffer severely, due, for example, to gender-based violence or to witnessing and fleeing from extreme violence. This webinar will explore how, in humanitarian settings, palliative care can and should be true to its mission of responding to suffering without the constraint of focusing only on those with life-limiting illnesses.
Wednesday, June 5, 202411:30 AM UTC See all time zones Attended previous IGCS webinars? If you have attended IGCS webinars in the past, you may already have an IGCS account and creating a new account is not required. If unsure of your login information, you may reset your information by selecting "Forgot Password" at login or contact education@igcs.org.
Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhDDirector, Program in Global Palliative CareAssociate Professor of MedicineAssociate Professor of Global Health & Social MedicineHarvard Medical SchoolBoston, USA
Annekathryn “AK” Goodman, MD, MS, MPHProfessor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive BiologyHarvard Medical SchoolUSA
Nahla Gafer, MDClinical Oncologist & Head Palliative Care UnitKhartoum Oncology HospitalDirector, Palliative Care Continuous EducationComboni College of Science and TechnologySudan
Peter Grant, MDModeratorAssoc Professor, University of Melbourne Gynaecological Oncologist, Western Health, Melbourne Australia
Anisa Mburu, MDModeratorGynecologic Oncologist Aga Khan Hospital and International Cancer Institute Kenya