David Dawes
HEAD OF SPIRITUAL CARE DEPARTMENT
SPIRITUAL CARE DEPARTMENT
The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Australia
Biography
David has managed the Pastoral Care Department for 17 years and been a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) supervisor for 20 years. His interests are further developing spiritual care in Public Health and further developing education in spiritual care. He has been the President of Spiritual Health Victoria and the Association for Supervised Pastoral Care in Australia (ASPEA). He is currently a member of ASPEA's Registration and Certification committee. David's research interests are in further understanding the impact that unmet spiritual need has on patients and their carers and consequently how meeting a person's spiritual needs assists their resilience during times of illness.
Research Interest
SPIRITUAL CARE AND CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION
