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International nursing researcher visits Peninsula campus

16 November 2005

An academic from King's College London, Professor Alison Richardson, is nearing the end of a three-week stint as Windermere Visiting Fellow at the School of Nursing at Monash's Peninsula campus.

Professor Richardson (pictured) is professor of cancer and palliative nursing care at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King's College.

She conducts research into palliative care nursing and has been widely published in this field.

Earlier this month, she gave a public lecture on the role of palliative care nurses in caring for people with cancer and how the role might be improved.

The lecture, 'Creating a culture of compassion: developing supportive care for people with cancer', was attended by more than 60 people -- many of them palliative care clinical staff.

While in Australia, Professor Richardson has met staff from the Department of Human Services and the Monash School of Nursing, as well as from a range of palliative care services.  

The fellowship was set up by Professor Margaret O'Connor, who holds the Vivian Bullwinkel Chair of Palliative Care Nursing, and Ms Joan Yalden from the School of Nursing, to support the developing relationship between Monash and King's College in the area of palliative care research.