Chapter 1. Public Health and Palliative Care: An Historical Overview / Professor Allan Kellehear and Dr Libby Sallnow Chapter 2. "But we’re already doing it!": Examining Conceptual Blurring Between Health Promotion and Palliative Care / Dr John Rosenberg Chapter 3. Illness Trajectories and Palliative Care: Implications for Holistic Service Provision / Professor Scott A Murray and Peter McLoughlin Chapter 4. Public Health and Palliative Care in Australia / Dr Bruce Rumbold Chapter 5. Public Health and Palliative Care: A Perspective from Africa / Dr Jullia Downing, Dr Liz Gwyther and Dr Faith Mwangi-Powell Chapter 6. Public Health Developments in Palliative Care Services in the UK Chapter / Dr Steve Conway Chapter7. Public Health Approach to Palliative Care – Neighbourhood Network in Palliative Care Program in Kerala Chapter / Dr Suresh Kumar Chapter 8. St. Joseph’s Hospice, London, UK –A Practice Example / Dr Heather Richardson Chapter 9. The Campaign to Build a Dementia-Friendly Community / The 100-Member Committee, Japan Chapter 10. ‘Let’s talk about dying’ – Dispelling Myths Towards the End of Life / Dr Helen-Anne Manion, Gerard Manion and Kathleen Dansie Chapter 11. Discovering Options: An Australian Initiative in the Care of the Dying / Nigel Hartley Chapter 12. Public Health Approaches to End of Life in Ecuador / Dr Patricia Granja H. Appendix 1. National Palliative Care Policy, Kerala Appendix 2. Charter for the Normalization of Death, Dying and Loss Appendix 3. Practice Guidelines for Health Promoting Palliative Care, La Trobe University Appendix 4. Neighbourhood Network in Palliative Care Practice Guidelines NNPC, Kerala Appendix 5. NHS Lothian’s Integrated Model of Palliative and End of Life Care Appendix 6. HOME Hospice Questionnaire