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16 Jun 2009 10:40:04
Helping people remain dignified in their final days was the hot topic as a University professor gave a talk at a General Medical Council conference.
Professor Gurch Randhawa is Professor of Diversity in Public Health and Director of the Institute for Health Research at the University’s Putteridge Bury campus.
He spoke at the conference hosted by the General Medical Council (GMC) to discuss the key end of life care issues.
The GMC is consulting on new draft guidance, ‘End of life treatment and care: Good practice in decision-making’, which is intended mainly for doctors but may help others to understand what to expect from doctors involved in caring for patients who are dying.
Around 150 delegates attended the conference and Professor Randhawa gave a talk on cultural/personal beliefs and decision-making.
He has spent many years researching issues relating to end of life care, diabetes, kidney disease and transplantation among ethnic minority groups.
Professor Randhawa has also been invited to take part in a conference on end of life issues at the Royal Society of Medicine in February 2010. It is being organised by the Section of General Practice and Primary Care.
The emphasis of the day will be on the role of the primary health care team and Professor Randhawa has been asked to lead a workshop on ‘Cultural aspects of death and dying’.
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