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Palliative Care Forum



Webcast of the September 25, 2003 Public Forum on Palliative Care Cuts at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver, hosted by a coalition of patients, family of patients and nurses, members of the BC Nurses Union,



Forum head table
A cardboard cutout was all the public saw of their Health Authority at this forum on Palliative Care



BCNU NEWS RELEASE
September 25, 2003

Health Officials refuse to present plan for palliative care at September 25, 2003 public forum

Scheduled cuts are irresponsible and show poor planning says Coalition to Restore Palliative Care at St. Paul’s ( E-mail contact@workingtv.com )
Dummy of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA) and Providence Health Care (PHC) are refusing to present their vision for palliative care at tonight’s public forum, called to discuss cuts to care for patients in the final days of their lives.

That’s because the health authority simply has no plan for palliative care at all, says the coalition lobbying against the cuts.
Click here for more.



see also Liberals Slash Palliative Care
see also Palliative Cuts Protest



Introduction: Reverend Jim Smith, Central Presbyterian Church

RT: 5:34

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Dr. Jackie Fraser, Palliative Medical Director, St. Paul's

RT: 18:48

Dr. Jackie Fraser
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Marie Dunlop, Husband Died in Palliative Care

RT: 6:32

Marie Dunlop
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Daryl Carter, Terminally Ill Patient

RT: 12:14

Daryl Carter
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Klara Vandermolen, Palliative Care Volunteer / Advocate

RT: 8:38

Klara Vandermolen
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Jennifer Boland, Palliative Care Nurse

RT: 7:51

Jennifer Boland
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Forum Audience 1

RT: 8:24

Speaker from audience
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Forum Audience 2

RT: 12:43

Donna Forscutt
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Forum Audience 3

RT: 11:48

Blair Smith
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