Serge Dumont, PhD, is full professor and head of the School of Social Work at Laval University, Quebec City, and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. Dr. Dumont co-founded the Maison Michel Sarrazin interdisciplinary research team in 1997. This group is devoted to palliative care research. Dr. Dumont is specialised in the family experience in palliative care and related social policy.