Dale G. Larson, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, clinician, and researcher,
is a national leader in end-of-life care and training. He
co-directed the pioneering NIMH-funded Berkeley Hospice Training
Project, chaired NHPCO's First National Conference
on Hospice Volunteerism, served as an Advisory Panel member for
the American Psychological Association Ad Hoc Committee on End-of-Life
Issues, and created this Hospice Home Page website, which received
a national Award of Excellence from NHPCO. In 2001 he was Senior Editor and a contributing author for the
national newspaper series, Finding
Our Way: Living with Dying in America, which was funded
by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and reached seven million
Americans.
Dr. Larson has
published extensively on psychosocial issues in end-of-life care
and on self-concealment and health. His award-winning book, The Helper's Journey: Working
With People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening Illness, conveys
the inspiring vision of caregiving that has made him a popular
national and international speaker.
A Fulbright Scholar and a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, he has been a Summer Scholar at the
Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and
a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Expert in Residence.In 2007 he received the Kara Pioneer Award for his contributions to end-of-life care.
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Dr. Dale Larson, Ph.D.
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