Founding Member and Adviser of the IAHPC, OBE, DSc, MD, FRCS Edinburgh FRCP London,
FRCP Edinburgh FRCGP
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) gave the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award to Derek Doyle. Read Dr Doyle's speech
Dr Derek Doyle's speech to the The National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services
in the UK called "The Essence of Palliative Care".
Read Here
Thanks to the National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care Services of The Royal Society of Medicine in GB for supplying the PDF format of the text and to
Derek Doyle for the content of his speech.
Derek Doyle
Degreess and honours: OBE, DSc, MD, FRCS Edinburgh FRCP London, FRCP Edinburgh FRCGP
Bio sketch: Qualified from Edinburegh Univesrity 1955. Spent 10 years as a missionary surgeon in South Africa then 10 as an associate specialist / family physician in Edinburgh. From 1968-77 helped plan Scotland's first hospice ' palliative care unit which opened in 1977. Medical Director 1977-95 (retired).
Founding first Chairman of the Association for Palliative Medicine of Gt Britain and Ireland.
Founding Editor in Chief of Palliative Medicine (first specialist journal on palliative care)
First Vice Chairman of the European Association for Palliative care
First Chairman of the European Committee for medical education and training in palliative care.
First Vice Chairman of the National Council for Hospice and Specialist Palliative Care of England
Senior Editor of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine
Hon.Vice President of the National Hospice Council
Hon. President of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
Founding Member and Adviser of the IAHPC
Has held 5 Visiting Professorships
Edited or written 18 books, most on aspects of palliative care
Had 50 + papers on palliative care and medical history published.
Honorary member of the Palliative Care / Medicine Societies of Korea, Hong Kong, Brazil, Europe, Saudi Arabia, and the UK.
Obituaries editor and Website assistant editor of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
