On April 3rd and 4th, the annual face-to-face meeting of the RAPHAEL Horizon Europe project was held in Barcelona, with the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) as the hosting institution. The meeting provided an excellent opportunity to foster collaboration among consortium members, share expertise, and move forward with the different work packages of the project. Representatives from several partner…
On February 21 and 22, 2025, the XIII Congress of the Catalan-Balearic Society of Palliative Care (SCBCP 2025)was held in Sabadell, a reference event for professionals in the field of palliative care. Cristina Monforte participated as an invited speaker in the round table titled: She presented the talk: Additionally, the following communications were presented during the congress: These contributions reflect the commitment to research and…
Last Thursday, December 12th, the 1st Research Conference on Palliative Care took place in Madrid, organized by the Palliative Care Chair at Universidad Francisco de Vitoria and the Pía Aguirreche Foundation, with the support of SECPAL.Representatives from Palliative Care Chairs across Spain, as well as other leading research groups, participated in the event. The goal…
The co-director of the WeCare Chair, Joaquim Julià-Torras, participated in the webinar organized by Clínica Cuides of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and the Spanish Society of Palliative Care (SECPAL), “Oncology and Palliative Care: From Transition to Integration.” The webinar featured a presentation and moderation by the Medical Director of Cuides, Natalia de Iriarte, who…
On November 29, the UIC Barcelona Campus hosted a new edition of the International Workshop organized by the WeCare Chair with the collaboration of Áltima and the Catalan Institute of Oncology. Under the title Responding to the Desire to Die, the meeting brought together speakers to discuss the desire to hasten death from a multidisciplinary…
Thesis defence: Rocío Montuenga Ríos On October 25th, doctoral candidate Rocío Montuenga presented her doctoral thesis titled “The End of Life in Contemporary Cinema: A Thematic Analysis”, supervised by Dr. Alfonso Méndiz Noguero and Dr. Cristina Monforte Royo. The thesis analyzes how cinema has represented the end of life over the past thirty years, addressing concepts…
On Friday, October 25th, the Applied Bioethics in Social Work in Health Care Conference was successfully held for the second time, organized by Áltima in collaboration with the WeCare Chair. The event took place in the auditorium of the Hospital General de Catalunya, where industry professionals gathered to reflect on the ethical principles applicable to…
I Conference of the Cuidativos Foundation Cristina Monforte participated in the I Conference of the Cuidativos Foundation, delivering the closing lecture titled “Alleviating Suffering in Patients with Advanced Illness.” The event took place in the auditorium of the Moneo Building in Murcia on October 10. Jacinto Bátiz opened the conference with a talk titled “Towards…
ERDAM’S 5th EDITION BEGINS A new edition of the course Evaluation and Response to the Desire to Hasten Death kicks off at UIC Barcelona’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. This course addresses the increasing need to train professionals in the thorough analysis of psychosocial and clinical factors influencing the desire to hasten death in patients, particularly…
The Master’s Degree in Palliative Care at the UIC Barcelona, promoted by WeCare, Starts Today, we welcome the students of the Master’s in Palliative Care at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC). This program, led by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, provides students with cutting-edge training to approach comprehensive care for patients in…