Non-malignant Life Limiting Diseases course for Medical Doctors
This session covers the broad range of non-malignant life limiting conditions and how they affect patients and the people who care for them.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Describe the range of diagnostic groups of non-malignant life limiting diseases
- Explain the challenges to diagnosis and prognosis that these diseases represent, especially in children
- Outline the need for anticipatory treatment to pre-empt foreseeable developments in these conditions over time
- Explain key ethical issues surrounding the treatment of these conditions
This session covers the broad range of non-malignant life limiting conditions and how they affect patients and the people who care for them.
Sarah is a paediatric consultant working in shared care oncology, which introduced her to the important work to be done in palliative care. For the last 3 years she has also been working for the local children's hospice, providing symptom management and end of life care.
Laura Roe is a general paediatric consultant with a special interest in oncology and paediatric palliative care working at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust and the Donna Louise Children’s Hospice.
Hannah received a MBBS Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School, London 2005. She also has a MRCPCH and MSc (Child Health) 2016.
She is currently a Consultant/Community Paediatrics at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust.
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