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Julia Ambler


Julia Ambler

Umduduzi – Hospice Care for Children, SouthAfrica

Biography

Julia graduated from University of Cape Town with her MBChB in 1998. She trained and worked as a general practitioner and a children’s hospice doctor at Helen and Douglas Houses in Oxford, UK for 6 years. On returning to Durban, Julia has continued her passion for paediatric palliative care and is Deputy Director of Umduduzi – Hospice Care for Children. Through this NPO she consults in children’s palliative care and trains health professionals and medical students in the Department of Paediatrics, UKZN.

Abstract

Abstract : Through the introduction of palliative care, quality of life has improved and the course of illness has been positively influenced thus leading to an increase in referrals