2004 - 2007 - Cicely Saunders Institute - King's College London

Dr Rachel Burman FRCP MA
Consultant in Palliative Care, Honorary Senior Lecturer
Rachel has been a consultant in palliative care since 1997.
She is working part time with the palliative care team at
King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust where she leads
on the development of palliative care for people with
neurodegenerative disorders and is a member of the multiprofessional
MND Centre. She worked in cardiology and
neurology before entering a career in palliative care. This
has left a commitment to the palliative care needs of
patients with a non-malignant diagnosis. She has just
finished as the lead consultant on a research project
funded by the MS Society looking at the needs of people
severely affected by MS and their carers. A Masters in
Medical Law and Ethics informs her interest in planning
and decision making in advanced disease and also the
relevance of the Human Rights Act to healthcare provision.
She is a collaborator on an ongoing research project
funded by the Department of Health Defining the Palliative
Care Needs of People with late stage Parkinsonism. She is
a member of the Management and Scientific Board of the
King’s Centre for Palliative Care in Neurology.
Emma Camplejohn BSc
Project Assistant
Emma has a BSc Geography degree from Queen
Mary's, University of London. She joined King's after
completing her degree in July 2005 and is currently
working as the Project Assistant for Dr Richard Harding
and Dr Marjolein Gysels who have a number of research
interests in palliative care.
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