Chapter 10 Using Knowledge-as-Inquiry to Mobilize Change: A Retrospective Analysis of “Moments of Change” in a Relational Practice

Europe's population is aging. Compared to the number of people who live with an acute, life-threatening disease, more people now live with the effects of serious chronic illnesses, and disability toward the end of life. Meeting both needs presents a public health challenge. Policy makers and health professionals recognize that these changes require a health program that encourages both inventive cure and care professionalization, particularly palliative care for those patients (and their families) who cannot be cured ( Davies & Higginson, 2004 ).