Raphael Project: Developing the integration of heart failure and palliative care services INTRODUCTIONThe RAPHAEL project aims to integrate a palliative care approach for heart failure patients across Europe. Through remote monitoring of symptoms at home, it seeks to improve patients’ quality of life (QoL) and quality of death (QoD) by offering a multidimensional and personalized…
On Tuesday 23rd July Claudia Rossy defended her doctoral thesis entitled ‘The Implications of Forgiveness in the End-of-Life Context from Three Perspectives: Literature, Palliative Care Patients and Spiritual Caregivers’, obtaining a grade of ‘Excellent Cum Laude’. It was directed by Dr. Iris Crespo Martín and Dr. Maria Fernández Capo. The tribunal was composed of Dr…
Mireia, also lecturer of the Department of Medicine, has won first prize in the “Present your thesis in 4 minutes” competition organised by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRi). The final was held on 27 June at the Caixaforum in Tarragona and it can be seen again in the following video, starting at…
On Thursday, May 30, the Aula Magna of the Barcelona Campus hosted the presentation of the latest book by the Mallorcan oncologist Enric Benito, invited by the University’s WeCare Chair. As Dr. Joaquim Julià, co-director of the Chair, emphasized in his words of welcome: “It is an honor to have a world reference in palliative…
The 13th World Congress on Palliative Care Research of the European Palliative Care Society (EAPC) took place in Barcelona from May 16-18. The congress brought together more than 1,000 participants from 63 countries to discuss the future of palliative care research. Topics such as the application of artificial intelligence in Palliative Care, strategies for incorporating…
Mireia Baylina, PhD student of the WeCare Chair, won the contest “Present your thesis in 4 minutes” during the Research Fest held at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya with her thesis “Plan ahead to care with dignity”. Mireia will represent UIC Barcelona in the final of the contest organized by the Fundació Catalana per a…
On May 3, the 2nd Palliative Care Conference of La Rioja was held at the San Pedro University Hospital in Logroño. The conference is the meeting point for Palliative Care in the community of La Rioja and was inaugurated by the Regional Minister of Health of the autonomous government, María Martín. The co-director of the…
On May 30 at 6:00 pm in the Aula Magna of UIC Barcelona, Dr. Enric Benito will be presenting his fascinating work “El niño que se enfadó con la muerte”. In this exciting event, the author will take us on a journey through the pages of his book, exploring deep and poignant themes. To guarantee…
The WeCare Chair is leading one of the work packages of the competitive project “RAPHAEL: Integrating a palliative care approach for patients with heart failure”, which has obtained competitive funding from the HORIZON Europe Funds. The RAPHAEL project is part of the Horizon Europe program’s Pillar 2 Health cluster call, and has obtained total funding…
On the occasion of the 10th edition of the international workshop organised by the Chair, more than 130 health professionals gathered to discuss the importance of systematically assessing the needs of people who require palliative care, as well as support for professionals who must make ethical decisions in the face of suffering at the end…