Chair of the University of Barcelona-Hospital Clinic for Palliative Care
The Chair of Palliative Care has been set up as an initiative of the University of Barcelona and the Clinical Hospital of Barcelona with collaboration and financing from private entities.
Its mission is to promote undergraduate and postgraduate training in Medicine as well as innovation and research in Palliative Care.
Director
Presentation
Palliative Care is a comprehensive care approach for people with advanced, progressive and life-threatening diseases. It is aimed at improving their quality of life through expert symptom management and psychological, social and existential support. Palliative care can be given from the onset of the disease alongside therapies that aim to prolong life.
Further research is necessary to better understand and treat clinical complications in the condition of advanced disease. The objectives of the Chair of Palliative Care are:
- Promote training in Palliative Care in the Medicine degree.
- Contribute to postgraduate training in advanced medical skills in Palliative Medicine.
- Create training spaces in Palliative Care by health professionals.
- Collaborate in research and innovation projects in Palliative Care.
The chair is divided into two lines of development: a) oncology line, led by Dr. Albert Tuca; b) non-oncological line, led by Dr. Ferran Masanés.
Team
Doctor of Medicine at the UB, Specialist in Internal Medicine, Master in Hospital Management UB, Master Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology UAB, Master in Palliative Care UB, Master Bioethics and Law.
Faculty of the Internal Medicine Service of the Clinical Hospital of Barcelona. Senior Consulting Physician and Head of Geriatrics Section. Associate Professor Medicine Department: Faculty of Medicine (UB).
More than 50 publications in indexed journals, participation in different research projects (aging, sarcopenia, end of life).
President of the Healthcare Ethics Committee of the Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Member of the COMB Ethics Committee.
Medical Doctor UB. Medical Oncologist. Master in Palliative Care UB. Author of more than 30 indexed publications and co-editor of 3 books. Palliative Care Coordinator, ICMHO of the Hospital Clínic Barcelona. Associate professor UB. Coordinator of the Ethics course of the Master in Palliative Care UVIC. Member of the CEA Hospital Clínic Barcelona. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Oncolliga Foundation. COMB Professional Excellence Award.
Nurse. Palliative Care Master for UVIC. Postgraduate in Oncology Nursing. Nurse in advanced practice at the ICMHO Support and Palliative Care Device, Hospital Clínic Barcelona. Member of the ICMHO Management Committee, Hospital Clínic Barcelona. Delegate represented by ICMHO in the Committee of Nursing Delegates of the Hospital Clínic Barcelona. Member of the CEA Hospital Clínic Barcelona.
Diploma in Social Work (UB), Master in Bioethics and Law (UB), Master in Social Gerontology (UB), Postgraduate bioethics applied in the clinical and healthcare field (Institute Borja Bioethical), Postgraduate Care for Health Services Users (UOC). Psycho-socio-sanitary rehabilitation course (Kibbutz Guivat Haviva, Israel). Postgraduate residency management and direction (URLL), Management of gerontological and social health centres (EADA), Personal administration program (EADA), Fulbright-CIP. Ohio Rehabilitation Services. (Columbus, OH), Member of the Care Ethics Committee
Senior Social Worker (Hospital Clínic emergency)
