
Karen Glaetzer
Flinders University, Australia
Biography
Karen Glaetzer has 27 years’ experience in Palliative Care. She was the first nurse in Australia to be endorsed as a Nurse Practitioner in the specialty of Palliative Care in August 2003. She has an academic appointment with the School of Medicine, Flinders University. Karen has post graduate qualifications in Oncology, Bioethics, Palliative Care and a Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner). Her special interest areas include Mental Health, the Disability Sector and ALS. Karen is actively involved in service improvement and research projects across a variety of subject areas
Abstract
Abstract : PARAMEDICS AND PALLIATIVE CARE – AN UNLIKELY ALLIANCE