In Conversation with Dr. Alison Perham: Is it Helpful to Talk About Dying?
Sunday 10 May 2026 | 6:30pm, refreshments served from 6pm
The Chapter House, Exeter Cathedral
We will be joined by Dr Alison Perham for our May ‘In Conversation with’ event. Alison will be discussing the question: Is it helpful to talk about dying?
Dr. Alison Perham is a retired physician, initially working in General Practice, before specialising in Palliative Medicine. She has worked in different settings, hospitals, hospices and the community, in different parts of the country as her husband’s job moved.
Having this privileged experience made her appreciate the value for families, individuals and communities of discussions around older care, and end of life care. Having seen the benefit of informed decision-making, it has made her endeavour to create opportunities where those discussions can be gently approached.
Her intention during the conversation, is not to set herself up as an expert, but as someone who has been privileged to have witnessed, perhaps more than some, the complexities surrounding the end of our lives.
Her faith has always been, she hopes, at the core of her practice, and at the heart of her own decision making.
Join us for an evening of conversation and exploration followed by a short service of compline.