Irene Tuffrey-Wijne

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Irene Tuffrey-Wijne (RN, PhD) (www.tuffrey-wijne.com) is Professor of Intellectual Disability & Palliative Care at Kingston University, London. She has extensive clinical experience in both intellectual disability and palliative care services. For over two decades, Irene has led a programme of research focusing on learning disability, bereavement and palliative care. She has published widely and presented her work in across the world and is recognised as the leading international expert in the area of palliative care for people with learning disabilities. Inclusion of people with learning disabilities as study participants and as salaried co-researchers is a key part of her work.