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| Date: | 14.02.2017 to 17.02.2017 |
| Location: | Radboud university medical centre
Nijmegen, the Netherlands Nijmegen Niederlande |
| Keywords: | End of life - Prolongation of life - Medical ethics - Palliative treatment - Nursing ethics - Euthanasia |
| Details: | New developments in health care strengthen the promise of a better life for everyone. This process also influences the way societies deal with the end of life and with questions regarding the meaning of suffering and death. International debates often centre around the question whether medically hastening death is a proper means to preserve human dignity and quality of life. The other side of this issue is palliative care, defined by the WHO as the active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. The suggestion that adequate palliative care helps prevent the cry for euthanasia and assisted dying, needs careful investigation. Questions raised by these developments require thorough conceptual interpretation as well as ethical reflection. Objective of this course is to educate the participants on two main aspects: ethical questions of palliative care and medically assisted death, and philosophical, theological and medical reflections on the concepts of death and suffering. Attitudes towards death and dying, and the ethical aspects of continuing or foregoing medical treatment, and of medically assisted death receive considerable attention in this course. In addition, the dimensions of spirituality, rituals and intercultural diversity are covered. |
| Organizer: | The section of Healthcare Ethics, department IQ healthcare, (Radboudumc university medical centre) organizes the 19th edition of the advanced European bioethics course ‘Suffering, Death and Palliative Care’ from February 14 - 17, 2017. |
| Contact: | Simone Naber Address: Tel: +31 (0) 24 - 3613359 / +31 (0) 24 - 3615320 Fax: Email: simone.naber@radboudumc.nl |
| Webpage: | http://www.iqhealthcare.nl/nl/onderwijs/cursussen/advanced-european-bioethics-course-suffering-death-and-palliative-care/ |
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