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The WeCare Chair launches the 2nd Edition of the ERDAM course on the Evaluation and Response to the Desire to Advance Death in People with Advanced Disease.

EN EN News UncategorizedBy fvanderwesten 19 de April de 2023

Today, April 19th, begins the 2nd Edition of the specialization course “Evaluation and Response to the Desire to Advance Death in People with Advanced Disease (ERDAM)”, offered by the WeCare Chair. The program lasts 10 weeks and ends on June 28th. The course is aimed at physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers and other healthcare professionals…

XIII International Congress of the Spanish Society of Palliative Care

EN EN NewsBy fvanderwesten 13 de April de 2023

On June 9, 10 and 11, 2022, the XIII International Congress of the Spanish Society of Palliative Care took place in Palma de Mallorca, attended by leading professionals in the field of palliative medicine. The opening ceremony was attended by Dr. Joaquim Julià Torras, Vice-President of SECPAL, Co-Director of the WeCare Chair and Head of…

XXVII Aragonese Conference on Geriatrics and Gerontology

EN EN NewsBy cgas 23 de May de 2022

On May 5 and 6, 2022, the XXVII Aragonese Conference on Geriatrics and Gerontology was held in Zaragoza. Both Dr Cristina Monforte and Dr Iris Crespo were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion moderated by Dr Rogelio Altisent, Director of the Chair of Medical Professionalism at the University of Zaragoza and vice president…

Workshop online – FIS PI19/1901 ‘Implementation of a systematic assessment of multidimensional needs in Palliative Care: Multicentred Feasibility Study’

News ProjectsBy cgas 23 de May de 2022

On 3 May 2022, WeCare Chair: End-of-Life Care held an online workshop as part of a funded project by the FIS PI19/1901 ‘Implementation of a systematic assessment of multidimensional needs in Palliative Care: Multicentred Feasibility Study’. The main purpose of the workshop was to present the results of the first phase of the project,…

XIV Summer Course “Teaching and Research in Bioethics”

EN EN News Uncategorized Useful materialBy cgas 20 de April de 2022

On 29 and 30 October 2021, Dr Cristina Monforte and Dr Josep Porta, both directors of the WeCare Chair (UIC Barcelona), participated as speakers at the XIV Summer Course “Teaching and Research in Bioethics” organised by the University of Zaragoza Chair of Professionalism and Clinical Ethics, along with the Organisation of Medical Colleges and…

9th WeCare International Workshop: ‘Patients with advanced diseases with a desire to die: lessons learned’

EN EN NewsBy cgas 28 de March de 2022

The WeCare Chair provides new insights into how we address the desire to hasten death in Europe The 9th International Workshop organised by the Chair brought together nearly 200 health experts and professionals in a session that presented the latest scientific evidence on the desire to hasten death as well as the most…

9th International Workshop. “Patients with advanced diseases with a desire to die: lessons learned”

EN EN NewsBy cgas 11 de February de 2022

The WeCare Chair has organised the 9th International Workshop, which this year is entitled “Patients with advanced diseases with a desire to die: lessons learned”. The desire to hasten death is a phenomenon that can occur in patients with advanced diseases, and has been linked to various physical, psycho-emotional, social, spiritual, and existential factors. Assessing…

Dr. Denise Pergolizzi participates in the National Cancer Institute as a guest speaker with the presentation “Assessment of needs in patients in palliative care”

EN NewsBy srios 10 de May de 2021

On April 30th, 2021, Dr. Denise Pergolizzi, psychologist and member of the research group “WeCare Chair”, gave a conference on the “Needs assessment in palliative care patients” at the National Cancer Institute (INCan) of Mexico. Dr. Pergolizzi, in her presentation, shared the advances in the research that she is carrying out in the context of…

Interview with Chair directors: ‘When we talk about palliative care we should talk about life’.

NewsBy srios 6 de April de 2021

The Comprehensive Centre for Advanced Simulation of UIC Barcelona (Campus Sant Cugat) became the scene of an interview between our directors, Dr. Josep Porta and Dr. Cristina Monforte, and journalist Jaume Figa i Vaello, from the media Adding Stories. The interviewees commented in their capacity as representatives of the WeCare Chair and experts in the…

Re-watch the webinar ‘Ayudar a morir, Ayudar a vivir: Eutanasia en voz de expertos’

EN EN NewsBy srios 26 de February de 2021

In December 2020, the Spanish Parliament approved the processing of the “organic regulation law on euthanasia” on the grounds of avoiding suffering. A law on a complex subject, from multiple perspectives, and the impact of which on health care and people’s lives will probably be considerable. The aim of the webinar was to report, reflect…

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