Seventh Salzburg Question Looks at Whether Health Care Professionals Deliver Care They Would Want

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Sep 28, 2017
by Salzburg Global Seminar
Seventh Salzburg Question Looks at Whether Health Care Professionals Deliver Care They Would Want

Seventh Salzburg Question launches on International Right to Know Day

The seventh of nine Salzburg Questions - Doctors, nurses, do you want to die the way your patients die?

Health care professionals have been asked whether they would like to die in a similar fashion to their patients.

The question has been asked as part of the Salzburg Questions series, an online conversation about palliative care.

The series launched earlier this year on February 20 and has since connected respondents from all around the world.

People participating in conversations on Twitter have been using the #allmylifeQs hashtag. Between the launch of the series and mid-August, the hashtag received 8.96 million impressions on Twitter.

Earlier this morning, the seventh question in the series was released to coincide with International Right to Know Day. September's question is: "Doctors [and] nurses, do you want to die the way your patients die?"

Bruce Chernof, president and chief executive officer of The SCAN Foundation, will help lead the discussion.

The question provokes health care professionals to consider what end of life care they would expect and how this could be made available for the many, not the few.

The Salzburg Questions series has nine questions on matters involving palliative care. Each month, different individuals and institutions at the heart of the debate have shared a different question coinciding with an international day.

These individuals and institutions were involved in Session 562 - Rethinking Care: Toward the End of Life. Other Salzburg Global Fellows who have led discussions so far include: Agnes Binagwaho, Lynna Chandra, Suresh Kumar, Sheila Payne, Emmanuel Luyirika, and Richard Harding.

Salzburg Global Fellows are encouraged to take part in the conversation on Twitter on the day and afterward. They can also take part by sharing blog posts around each question.

Blog platforms could include ehospice, the EAPC blog, Palliverse, and the IAHPC Newsletter.

Participants on Twitter have already linked to research, podcasts and papers during their discussions.

If you hold a debate, workshop or Q&A event on a Salzburg Question, please film it so it can be uploaded to a dedicated YouTube channel. Send your video to katie.witcombe@kcl.ac.uk.

A Twitter list of Salzburg Global Health Fellows has been created. If you would like to be added to this list, please let us know by subscribing or contacting us on Twitter at @SalzburgGlobal.

List of dates, questions, and people leading discussions

20 February 2017 - World Day of Social Justice - Why aren't countries accountable to commitment on #EOL care for vulnerable people? - Agnes Binagwaho

20 March 2017 - World Happiness Day - Is dying well as important as living well? - Lynna Chandra

07 April 2017 - World Health Day - How have you prepared for your death? - Suresh Kumar

15 May 2017 - World Family Day - Will caring for your dying loved one bankrupt you emotionally and financially? - Sheila Payne

20 June 2017 - World Refugee Day - 145 countries signed bit.ly/2ah31bH why do refugees have limited access to quality health care and #EOL care? - Emmanuel Luyirika

11 July 2017 - World Population Day - How and what do you measure to ensure quality palliative & EOL care? - Richard Harding

28 September 2017 - International Right to Know Day - Doctors, Nurses, do you want to die the way your patients die? - Bruce Chernof

13 October 2017 - World Hospice and Palliative Care Day* - Do you know how to access #palliative care when you need it? - Stephen Connor

10 November 2017 - World Science Day for Peace and Development - What future research is needed to improve care for people w advanced illness & towards the end of life? - Irene Higginson 

*This year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is taking place on Saturday, October 14. We will launch the question the day before to generate more discussion.