Harvey Chochinov

Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov is an internationally renowned clinician and researcher in palliative and end-of-life care. He is an officer in the Order of Canada and an inductee in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. His more than 350 career publications include his book, Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days, winner of the 2011 Prose Award. He has led a large program of research on dignity in the healthcare setting and is the co-founder of the Canadian Virtual Hospice. He is the editor of The Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine 3rd Edition: Psychosocial Care of the Terminally Ill (Oxford University Press). Dr. Chochinov is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba Research Institute whose pioneering work in the field of palliative medicine and end-of-life care has provided comfort and dignity for countless patients and their families around the world.