CSI Open Seminar: Dr Naomi Richards

This hybrid event will be taking place at The Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, and online via Microsoft Teams

'Death is no equaliser – social injustice at the end of life'

Presenter: Dr Naomi Richards, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract: How a country treats its dying citizens says a lot about its values. Addressing people’s housing situations, enhancing their social security entitlements, adapting care to take account of trauma experienced across the life course – all are palliative care interventions nested within the new public health approach to dying. This seminar will present findings from the qualitative visual methods study Dying In The Margins (2019-2023) which aimed to understand better the experience of people dying in circumstances of financial hardship and deprivation. It will draw attention to all the ways in which dying is a social justice issue.

About the Speaker: Dr Naomi Richards is Senior Lecturer and Director of the End of Life Studies Group at the University of Glasgow. She is a social anthropologist by training. She teaches on the University of Glasgow’s End of Life Studies Programme (Micro-credential/PGCert/PGDip/MSc).