Dr Liz Grant, Deputy Director Global Health Academy, presents "Palliative Care: A Global Development Challenge". Palliative care is a global challenge that with enormous impact on us all, in economic and in human terms. This lecture is part of the University's "Our Changing World" public lecture series, which examines the global challenges facing society, and the role of academia in meeting these challenges: http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/edinburgh-global/academies/changing-world This lecture was recorded on 29 October 2013 at the University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower.