Betty Davies RN, BScN, MN, PhD

Dr. Betty Davies, RN, BScN, MN, PhD., devoted her fifty-year career to the international development of death, dying, and bereavement practices in pediatrics. Dr. Davies is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Scholar University of Victoria School of Nursing and Professor Emerita of Family Health Care Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a co-founder of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, the first freestanding pediatric hospice in North America. She has published over 100 articles in refereed journals, been reported in approximately 200 publications, held leadership roles in multiple organizations addressing death, dying, and bereavement, and authored over 40 book chapters in addition to 3 books and 6 co-edited books. Dr. Davies has retired twice, and is now officially retired, but continues to be active in research, presenting, and mentoring.