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Interested in a PhD scholarship to study palliative care biography?

  • by Kate Bowman
  • September 23, 2019

Eastern Palliative Care (Victoria) have partnered with La Trobe University to offer a scholarship to study palliative care biography at a PhD level.

This prestigious scholarship will be awarded to one outstanding applicant who wishes to explore the role of story-telling in the lives of clients approaching death, and to understand the role this plays in the lives of family members and biographer volunteers.

The scholarship will afford the successful applicant over $27 000 per year for three and a half years paid as a fortnightly stipend.

Eligibility criteria applies. Applications close on October 10.

Click here for more information.

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