Date :

24 August 2010

Time :

12:30 – 13:30

Presenter :

Dr Laura Campbell

Dr Campbell’s presentation will focus on the following:

• Introducing caring for sick children and palliative care 
• Challenges of researching sick children and their caregivers 
• Opportunities in research – photography and story telling as methodologies 
• What needs to be done further? 

Dr Laura Campbell is a medical doctor who has specialised as a family physician. She has focused on palliative care and is working towards her PhD in African palliative care. She is a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and holds a Master of Family Medicine (University of KwaZulu-Natal). Dr Campbell also holds Master of Medical Science (University of KwaZulu-Natal) and Master of Philosophy Palliative Medicine (University of Cape Town). She tutors research methodology in the Department of Family Medicine at University of KwaZulu-Natal and is contracted to HSRC to develop training materials in home-based palliative care for young children.  

The audio presentation for this seminar is now available for download

Venues

Cape Town: HSRC, 12th Floor, Plein Park Building (Opposite Revenue Office), Plein Street , Cape Town . Contact Vuyokazi Ngxubaza, Tel +27 (0) 21 466 8004, Fax (021) 461 0299, or VNgxubaza@hsrc.ac.za, Cell: +27 (0) 82 050 8453

Durban: First floor HSRC board room, 750 Fracois Road, Ntuthuko Junction, PODS 5 and 6, Cato Manor, Contact Thandiwe Zungu, Tel +27 (0) 31 242 5400, cell: +27 (0) 83 359 3946 or mailto:TZungu@hsrc.ac.za.

Pretoria : HSRC Video Conference, 1st floor HSRC Library Human Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street , Pretoria . Arlene Grossberg, Tel: +27 (0) 12 302 2811, e-mail: acgrossberg@hsrc.ac.za, Baby Twala, Tel +27 (0) 12 302 2368, E-mail: mailto:Btwala@hsrc.ac.za.