Haraldsdottir, ErnaHardie, AmyKendall, Marilyn2018-06-292018-06-292013-10-01Erna, H., Hardie, A. and Kendall, M. (2013) ‘014 Challenging the perception of death and dying through documentary film making in a hospice’, BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 3(Suppl 1), pp. A5–A6. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000591.14.2045-4368https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2013-000591.14https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/4885Background Health promoting palliative care is a relatively new concept in palliative care that aims to increase public awareness and open discussion in relation to death and dying. A year long collaboration between a documentary film artist and patients and staff in a Scottish hospice addressed these aims. They produced 20 short films and a character led documentary feature film showing different strategies that led to increased vitality at the end of life.article