For the eighth consecutive year, the WeCare Chair held its annual workshop on palliative care and end-of-life care with national and international experts and members of its own team. On this occasion, the International Workshop was titled ‘Understanding all the needs of the patient: a systematic evaluation‘, and kept the purpose of gathering and analyzing…
On October 21, the director of the WeCare Chair, Dr. Cristina Monforte, was been invited as the main speaker in an online training session under the title ‘The desire to advance death in patients with advanced diseases: What do we know? How do we approach it?’ The Official College of Psychologists of Catalonia has organized…
On a new occasion, on September 22, 2020, Andrea Rodriguez-Prat was invited to an update session of the Catalan-Balearic Society of Palliative Care. This time, the objective of the session was to discuss the concept of dignity from a philosophical point of view and its application in clinical practice. The associate professor and graduate in…
The Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation has focused on promoting bioethics since 1998, fostering dialogue between leaders from different areas of knowledge. They offer a wide platform for debate that constitutes a meeting place for the approach of different perspectives in discussions related to the ethics of life. Among the various means they offer to carry out their…
On October 2, the first meeting of the working group ‘Wish To Hasten Death (WTHD) in Patients with Life-threatening Illnesses: A clinical issue‘ took place, recognized by the EAPC as a Task Force. Within the framework of the 11th EAPC World Research Congress 2020, which due to the epidemiological situation was held online, the group…
The European Academy of Nursing Sciences established their Summer Camps in the year 1998 and since then has formed tens of predoctoral students develop in the research field. The nurses interested to form a part have to present a candidature to opt for a spot. The course lasts three years and features three modules that are carried out in different cities in Europe.…
During March 2nd and 3rd, the WeCare board had the pleasure to host a group of heads of the European Palliative Care Academy’s International Leadership Master. The fruitful meeting resulted in the official joining of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya in such programme. The Master “Leadership in Palliative Care” has been shaping leaders in their bi-annual courses…
On November 14, 2019, an Update Conference of the Catalan-Balearic Society of Palliative Care was held. This event consisted of a round table where the latest news and publications on palliative care at the regional level were discussed. Around 80 assistants had the opportunity to listen to and comment with Andrea Rodríguez-Prat on their…
On March 7, our director Cristina Monforte traveled to the city of Amsterdam to take part in the symposium ‘Ethics for Medics 2020’. In there, she had the opportunity to present a conference under the title ‘Suffering and the Wish Key Hasten Death in patients with advanced disease’. She used her time to present and explain the last works made by our researchers, which evidence the direct relation between suffering and…
Access the recording Dying alone during the pandemic COVID-19: A reflection on clinical practice On June 11, the first Webinar of 2020 was organized with Aristo’s collaboration. For an hour and a half, we had the opportunity to discuss the meaning of leaving this world alone in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the…