Marie Fallon St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine University of Edinburgh Building communities of practice in Peru
Nov 30, 2014
Marie Fallon
St Columba’s Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine
University of Edinburgh
Building communities of practice in Peru
VARIED POPULATION
STARK CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
CHALLENGING TERRAIN
POLITICAL STRESSES“SHINING PATH”
POOR HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
ALMOST NO ACCESS TO OPIOIDS FOR ANYONE!!
POSTAS-COAST/ANDES
VILLAGES AND SHANTY TOWNS
NETWORK OF VOLUNTEERS
EDUCATION PROGRAMME
PATIENT WITH ADVANCED CANCER AND SEVERE PAIN6 CHILDREN-IN FIELDS ALL DAYGENERAL SUSPICION-POLITICAL TENSIONS BUT NETWORK OF LOCAL WOMEN DEVELOPED TO ADMINISTER “ANALGESICS” AND CARE
THIS MODEL WAS THEN USED FOR OTHER PATIENTS/SITUATIONS
OUR MANAGED CLINICAL NETWORK!!
YOUNG CARERS
TRAINING THE TEACHERS GOES TO SOUTH AMERICA!!