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…
On November 23, a working session was held between hematology and palliative care researchers to design a research project aimed at improving the care of patients with multiple myeloma. The directors of the WeCare chair participated in the session: Dr. Josep Porta, Dr. Cristina Monforte, and the team’s researchers, Dr. Andrea Rodríguez, Dr.…
The research group of the WeCare chair, in collaboration with researchers from the team, has published the research protocol of the multicenter national project recently funded by the Carlos III Health Institute (PI19 / 1901). The project aims to design and systematize the evaluation of patients requiring palliative care. To do this, the team of researchers…
Blanca Goñi, a predoctoral student of the WeCare Chair research team, along with her team won the first prize for the best oral communication at the XI Congress of the Catalan-Balearic Society for Palliative Care, Science and Art, which took place during on February 14 and 15 at the World Trade Center in Barcelona. …
As part of a new collaboration between the WeCare Chair and the Cicely Saunders Institute, two members of WeCare attended a two-day workshop held on 13 and 14 February 2020 at King’s College London, at the Cicely Saunders Institute. The workshop title was: ‘Outcome Measurement in Palliative Care with POS (Palliative Outcome Scale) Family of…
The Instituto de Salud Carlos III of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the European Regional Development Fund have awarded one of its grants to the team of researchers of the WeCare Chair for a national multicentre project focused on palliative care. Of the 589 projects to which the Spanish Government has awarded grants…
On 22 November, the Barcelona Campus hosted the annual international workshop organised by the WeCare Chair with the support of Áltima, the Catalan Institute of Oncology and Ferrer. The conference, entitled New Horizons: Palliative Care in Haematology, brought together specialist national and international speakers in the field of haematology and palliative care. More than…
For the first time ever, on 17 June, the WeCare Chair organised a course for UIC Barcelona students aimed at fostering tools and communication skills for use in complex clinical situations. The course was divided into two parts: an initial theory part, which laid down the foundations for a good communicative process; and a second…
Dr Andrea Rodríguez-Prat, a researcher in the WeCare Chair, carried out a research stay at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) between December 2018 and May 2019. During her stay, she worked with Dr Donna Wilson, professor in the Faculty of Nursing, president of the Alberta Palliative Care Hospice Association and an expert in research…
Professor Joaquim Limonero (UAB), a psychologist with a long career in palliative care research, presented several of his studies on suffering and emotional distress in patients at the end of life. These studies offer theoretical models and ways of assessing these phenomena. His research group recently developed an instrument which can be easily used in…