Dr Ruth McConigley is a Senior Lecturer at Curtin University School of Nursing and Midwifery. Ruth has had extensive experience as a nurse educator, researcher and palliative care nurse in both rural and urban Western Australia. Ruth completed her Master’s degree and PhD in the area of rural palliative care nursing. She teaches a palliative care unit to undergraduate nursing students and supervises a number of nurses doing postgraduate study. Her current research interests include rural health, palliative care and cancer care.