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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…

8th International Workshop

NewsBy rebecca 10 de December de 2020

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…

Cristina Monforte participates in Official College of Psychologists of Catalonia’s online training

EN News Social ImpactBy rebecca 22 de October de 2020

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…

Andrea Rodriguez-Prat talks about dignity in the Catalan-Balearic Society of Palliative Care

EN News Social ImpactBy rebecca 20 de October de 2020

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…

WeCare wins a grant from the Grifols Foundation

News ProjectsBy rebecca 20 de October de 2020

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…

EAPC Task Force Meeting

News ProjectsBy rebecca 20 de October de 2020

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…

Blanca Goñi has won a scholarship to take part in the European Academy of Nursing Science

EN NewsBy rebecca 18 de September de 2020

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.…

WeCare becomes part of EUPCA Master

EN EN Leadership Programme NewsBy rebecca 18 de September de 2020

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…

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