Author Archives: Jason

Lighting a candle in the darkness

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“It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness” is the mantra of
Dr Bruce Robinson, a lung cancer specialist and professor at the University of Western Australia.

© Nevit Dilmen [CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

© Nevit Dilmen [CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons


Founder of The Fathering Project, Bruce has created an Australian example of a public health approach to end of life care. This approach focuses largely on ‘upstream’ social determinants of health that affect an entire population, while the ‘downstream’ focus relates more to clinical treatment of a ‘patient’ presenting to a health service.

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Self-care: Is it selfish?

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Did you work over the holiday break?

Unlike many times in the past – this year I didn’t work a shift on Christmas Eve; or Christmas day, or even New Years. I spent this time with my family. And I turned off my electronic gadgets (well, for the most part)!

I spent quiet time reading. How refreshing it was to have no agenda, and nothing that just had to be done. The only trouble was that, somehow, this felt quite indulgent.

After all, we are trained to care for others – but perhaps not so enlightened on the art of self-care. Is it selfish? Or does genuine care for others perhaps start with yourself? Continue reading →

4th International Public Health & Palliative Care Conference: Call for Abstracts Extended

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Great news for all of you secretly hoping for a reason to visit the UK next May – Abstracts submissions for the 4th International Public Health & Palliative Care Conference, Bristol May 11th-16th 2015, have been extended to December 7th.

PHPC Conference BannerThis conference builds on the momentum from previous international public health and palliative care conferences – in Kerala, India (2009); Dhaka, Bangladesh (2011); and Limerick, Ireland (2013).

The conference theme Community Resilience in Practice promises to attract a diverse array of presenters to share the valuable work that is happening in the international space of Public Health and Palliative Care.

So, what are you waiting for?  Hey, I’m even considering a second submission!

You can access the full call for abstracts here

OR, if you would like to get a bit more of an idea about what a public health approach to palliative care entails, check out Bill’s Story on YouTube