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The writings cover a range of topics, from the practice of medicine, to art, philosophy and death. Many of the pieces have been published elsewhere in professional journals, while others are more personal. This collection brings them together in a fascinating glimpse into the life and work of an extraordinary Australian doctor, teacher and scholar.

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The following things are abundantly clear from these records: Dr Lickiss cares deeply for the future of humanity; for the role of universities in the development of mind and intellect; for the direction and application of the medical community; for the development of individual doctors and how they practise; and, for those of us engaged in healthcare, for our patients' opportunities to live complete and fulfilled lives... Professor Emeritus Arthur Conigrave

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Dr Norelle Lickiss AO is an Australian medical doctor and emeritus professor with a highly distinguished international career. In 1970 she was one of the first academic medical staff of the University of Tasmania medical school and Royal Hobart Hospital, with special interests in cancer medicine and epidemiology, and in geriatric medicine which she introduced into the medical curriculum after visiting centres of excellence in UK. From 1985 she worked as staff physician (and clinical academic and department head) at teaching hospitals in Sydney until 2009 (mainly, but not only in relation to cancer patients), and established the Sydney Institute of Palliative Medicine and within it a specialist training program. She was consultant to WHO (1996) concerning cancer pain relief in China, consultant to the Indonesian and Iranian government (concerning cancer services), Visiting Professor in China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Iran, and lectured also in Harvard medical school and several European Countries, including The Netherlands and Belgium, and in Argentina. Dr Lickiss is a medical academic who has undertaken a variety of scholarly activities during her career that span the full spectrum of health care. She has a long standing interest in the humanities, notably philosophy, and in interdisciplinary activities, particularly in the concept that persons from diverse intellectual backgrounds working together may enrich understanding of problematic aspects of the human condition.

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