(Plenary speaker)
Coming soon.
Dr. Chochinov is a distinguished professor of psychiatry at the University of Manitoba, a senior scientist at CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute and co-founder of the Canadian Virtual Hospice. He is a global authority on palliative care, with more than 300 career publications focused on how patients and families cope with life threatening and life limiting illness. He is the co-editor of the Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine and his latest book is entitled Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine, both published by Oxford University Press. He is an officer in the Order of Canada and an inductee into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Back to top
Maxxine is a hospice/palliative care clinician and educator recognized for her expertise in non-physical suffering. During her decade of work as a hospice social worker, she supported the psychosocial needs of hospice residents and their (chosen) families and implemented a bereavement support program. Currently, Maxxine writes, teaches and does research and advocacy work on palliative and end-of-life care, suffering and grief. Her work seeks to create more space within palliative care for the harder parts of living with, and dying from, a life-limiting illness and to support patients, families and clinicians with these aspects. In her private practice, she provides clinical training, education, consultation and support to health care teams, and clinical supervision to social workers working in hospice and palliative care, long term care, cancer care, and other settings. Back to top