{"id":682,"date":"2012-01-02T00:01:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T00:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ipcrc.net\/news\/?p=682"},"modified":"2014-10-03T19:48:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T19:48:17","slug":"charmaine-blanchard-south-africa-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ipcrc.net\/news\/charmaine-blanchard-south-africa-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Charmaine Blanchard, South Africa, Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Charmaine Blanchard, MD<\/h1>\n
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Head of Centre of Excellence for Palliative Care, Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

E-mail: vervet@iafrica.com<\/a>
Skype: Charmaine Blanchard<\/p>\n

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Dr. Charmaine Blanchard is aiming to strengthen the clinical palliative care service at the Chris Hani hospital as well as initiating and supporting palliative care services at the district and primary care levels in our area. She would like to see this become a model for implementation of palliative care services in other districts in South Africa. In addition, the centre is involved in teaching undergraduate medical students as well as family medicine registrars in palliative medicine. She hopes to see this teaching expanded to other specialties. Her personal special interest is in the spiritual care of patients and of healthcare workers involved in palliative care. She also has a special interest in the preparation of medical students (emotionally and spiritually) for dealing with the emotional demands of caring for ill people.<\/p>\n

Download and Read Charmaine’s Personal Story 200 KB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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