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Doha
Experts in the fields of medicine, biological ethics and religion will convene in Doha on January 22 and 23 as part of a conference on Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Palliative Care and End of Life.
The conference is jointly organised by the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life and Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) with the aim of initiating a multidisciplinary exchange on the issues surrounding the treatment of patients facing life-threatening illnesses and death, with a particular focus on opportunities and barriers to care in the region.
The conference will be held on the GU-Q campus.
“One of the main goals of our substantive research on bioethics and Islam is to contribute to the global body of knowledge on these issues as well as to facilitate dialogue among researchers and scholars from different academic, intellectual and religious backgrounds,” said the Dean of GU-Q Dr Ahmad Dallal. “Palliative care affects all of humanity, and in line with Georgetown University’s values we are pleased to demonstrate our commitment by facilitating a constructive interfaith dialogue.”
Looking at common themes on the topic across religions is an essential task in developing universal standards of care. His Grace Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, explained, “The palliative care community recognises the important role of religion, given religion’s ability to reach the peripheries of humanity, those who in each community are the most in need. Religions are not just one means for increasing the availability of palliative care, they are themselves the true force of palliative care.”
The keynote speakers for the event include the Chief Executive Officer of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) Sultana Afdhal, Professor of Islamic Studies at Notre Dame University Ebrahim Moosa and Director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical School G Kevin Donovan.
Sultana Afdhal will summarise the outcomes on palliative care and the status and guidelines for palliative care in Qatar and the region based on the most recent WISH conference. Afdhal has spent her career forging partnerships in support of innovative initiatives, first for the Doha International Family Institute and later on as the Community and Outreach Manager of WISH. She is also co-chair of Nursing Now Qatar, and sits on the steering committee of the World Health Organization’s ‘State of the World Nursing’ report.
Ebrahim Moosa will speak on Muslim perspectives on the theoretical and methodological challenge of palliative care in Islamic countries.
The keynote addresses will be culminated by G Kevin Donovan, who will draw on his more than 30 year experience as a clinician ethicist from the Christian tradition to reflect on the theme of palliative care.
Doha
Experts in the fields of medicine, biological ethics and religion will convene in Doha on January 22 and 23 as part of a conference on Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Palliative Care and End of Life.
The conference is jointly organised by the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life and Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) with the aim of initiating a multidisciplinary exchange on the issues surrounding the treatment of patients facing life-threatening illnesses and death, with a particular focus on opportunities and barriers to care in the region.
The conference will be held on the GU-Q campus.
“One of the main goals of our substantive research on bioethics and Islam is to contribute to the global body of knowledge on these issues as well as to facilitate dialogue among researchers and scholars from different academic, intellectual and religious backgrounds,” said the Dean of GU-Q Dr Ahmad Dallal. “Palliative care affects all of humanity, and in line with Georgetown University’s values we are pleased to demonstrate our commitment by facilitating a constructive interfaith dialogue.”
Looking at common themes on the topic across religions is an essential task in developing universal standards of care. His Grace Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, explained, “The palliative care community recognises the important role of religion, given religion’s ability to reach the peripheries of humanity, those who in each community are the most in need. Religions are not just one means for increasing the availability of palliative care, they are themselves the true force of palliative care.”
The keynote speakers for the event include the Chief Executive Officer of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) Sultana Afdhal, Professor of Islamic Studies at Notre Dame University Ebrahim Moosa and Director of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical School G Kevin Donovan.
Sultana Afdhal will summarise the outcomes on palliative care and the status and guidelines for palliative care in Qatar and the region based on the most recent WISH conference. Afdhal has spent her career forging partnerships in support of innovative initiatives, first for the Doha International Family Institute and later on as the Community and Outreach Manager of WISH. She is also co-chair of Nursing Now Qatar, and sits on the steering committee of the World Health Organization’s ‘State of the World Nursing’ report.
Ebrahim Moosa will speak on Muslim perspectives on the theoretical and methodological challenge of palliative care in Islamic countries.
The keynote addresses will be culminated by G Kevin Donovan, who will draw on his more than 30 year experience as a clinician ethicist from the Christian tradition to reflect on the theme of palliative care.
