Barbara Monroe has been a social worker for over 30 years. She joined St Christopher's Hospice in London in 1987 and became Chief Executive in 2000. She is also Director of the Candle children's bereavement project and Chair of the National Childhood Bereavement Network. She is a member of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering and sits on the advisory group for the palliative care initiative of the Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. She has an honorary senior lectureship at the University of Auckland. She is a well known lecturer and trainer and has written extensively about the psychosocial aspects of palliative care.

David Oliviere trained at Nottingham University in social administration and social work. With a background in psychiatric social work and management in the personal social services, David was involved with Pilgrim's Hospice, Canterbury, before joining the North London Hospice as Director of Social Work. Subsequently David worked as Community Care Advisor for Ethnic Minorities and Refugees, London Borough of Enfield, and more recently as Macmillan Principal Lecturer in Palliative Care at Middlesex University, whilst practising at the Macmillan Support Team at Barnet Hospital. David also works as a couple counsellor outside of St Christopher's Hospice. He has lectured internationally.

• 1: Kerry Bluglass: Resilience and its narrative


• 2: Max Watson: Resilience and the psychobiological base


• 3: Julie Stokes: Resilience and bereaved children


• 4: Talia Zaider and David Kissane: Resilient families


• 5: Sheila Payne: Resilient carers and caregivers


• 6: Joan Marston: Resilience and paediatric palliative care


• 7: Stefan Vanistendael: Resilience and spirituality


• 8: Adrian Tookman: Resilience and rehabilitation


• 9a: Linda Machin: Resilience and bereavement - part 1


• 9b: Phyllis Silverman: Resilience and bereavement - part 2


• 10: Malcolm Payne: Resilient multiprofessional teams


• 11a: Peter Speck: Resilient organisations - part 1


• 11b: Tim Jackson: Resilient organisations - part 2


• 12: Allan Kellehear and Barbara Young: Resilient communities


• 13: Stephen Regel: Resilience in trauma and disaster


• 14: Amanda Bingley and Liz McDermott: Resilience in resource-poor settings


• 15: Nigel Hartley: Resilience and creativity