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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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.…