Intensive Course “Suffering, Death and Palliative Care”
(Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 14-17 February 2012)
The department IQ healthcare, section of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine (Radboud University
Medical Centre) organizes the 14th edition of the advanced European Bioethics Course ‘Suffering, death
and palliative care’ from 14-17 February 2012.
Aim of the course is to educate participants on a range of ethical issues related to suffering, palliative care
and medically assisted death. Extensive insight into the medical, philosophical, theological and ethical
foundations of these concepts will be proffered.
The course consists of a series of lectures by experts, discussions, and parallel sessions centered around
various topics in the domain of palliative care: autonomy and dependence; scientific research in palliative
care; palliative sedation and euthanasia; death, suffering and palliative care; quality of life and a good
death; spirituality and palliative care. There will be time for intensive discussions.
The key-note lecture: Authority in Death and Dying, will be held by Tony Walters, PhD, Professor of Death
Studies and course director MSc Death & Society, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of
Bath, UK. Members of the staff are, among others, Kris Vissers, professor of palliative care in Nijmegen;
Dick Willems, professor of medical ethics in Amsterdam; Evert van Leeuwen, professor of medical ethics in
Nijmegen; Gerrit Kimsma, general practitioner and philosopher in Amsterdam and Carlo Leget, associate
professor ethics of care in Tilburg.
The course is of interest to health care providers (e.g. physicians, nurses, health lawyers, hospital
administrators, bioethics committee members, health policy makers), professionals in the areas of ethics,
philosophy, theology and pastoral care and PhD students undertaking courses of study in these areas.
The intensive course Suffering, Death and Palliative care is part of the post-initial Erasmus Mundus Master
of Bioethics program organized by a consortium of three European universities: the Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven (Belgium), Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (The Netherlands) and the Università degli Studi di
Padova (Italy). Participants of the advanced course Suffering, Death and Palliative Care, will join Master
students from all over the world.
Location: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, the Netherlands. Language: English.
Price: Euro (€) 690 for early registration before December 15th, 2011, Euro (€) 790 for registration after this
date. For more information, please consult our website: www.masterbioethics.org, under Intensive courses
or contact Simone Naber: s.naber@iq.umcn.nl. Tel: [0031](0)24-3613359/[0031](0)24-3615320.
Kind regards,
Martien Pijnenburg (course coordinator)
Simone Naber (course management and local coordinator Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics)
Simone Naber
Coordinator Erasmus Mundus Master of Bioethics,
Advanced course Suffering Death and Palliative Care
Universitair Medisch Centrum St Radboud
IQ healthcare - Medical Ethics
P.O. Box 9101, 114 IQ health care
6500 HB Nijmegen
The Netherlands