Helen Allison

Helen Allison, R.N., B.A., B.S.W., M.S.W.

Scottish highlander by birth, Canadian by home, Helen was born with healing hands and a caregiving heart. During her long career as a palliative nurse and medical social worker, Helen pursued a person-centered approach to champion the ill and their families. As senior author, Helen contributed to Social Work Services as a Component of Palliative Care with Terminal Cancer Patients (Haworth Press). Now, with the help of her daughter, Irene Allison, Helen shares her life's learning that to ease suffering, the art of compassionate care must embody patient wisdom.