LGBTQIA and end of life
Meeting
2.0 hrs
September 19, 2017 7:00 pm Tuesday

People from the LGBTQIA community are most likely to live away from traditional family,be diagnosed with mental illnesses (rightly or not)and still they are least likely to opt for palliative care at the end of life.

Research in The US and Uk have shown that they are more likely to go back into the closet or fear discrimination that might affect the treatment outcome.This meet will discuss a few studies from there and seek to find our answers in Indian context through a questionaire.

Needs and concerns of people in LGBTQIA community regarding end of life care.

Organizer
DR Sneha Rooh
Dr Sneha is a palliative physician and founder of orikalankini.SHe has written a paper on "what constitutes a dgood death according to the terminally ill." and is currently working on the project exploring the needs and concerns of LGBTQIA populace at end of life.She holds death cafes to get the conversation going.