CROATIAN CATHOLIC MEDICAL SOCIETY
Branch “Branimir Richter” in Zagreb
organizes a course and invites you to participate

ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN MEDICINE – END OF LIFE

The course leader is prim. dr. med. Ivan Barišić, nephrologist, acting president of the HKLD “Branimir Richter” Branch in Zagreb.

Organizing Committee: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Vesna Lukinović Škudar, MD, MSc. Stjepan Katić, dipl. Ing. biotehn., dr. sc. Antonija Vukšić, MD, PhD Matija Rimac, MD, PhD and MASS. Palliative Care

Time: Saturday, December 7, 2024

Venue: Zagreb, Praška 6/2, HKLD hall “Margarita Peraica”

PROGRAM

10.00 h Introductory speech
prim. dr. med. Ivan Barišić, internist – nephrologist, acting president of the HKLD “Branimir Richter” Branch in Zagreb

Topics and lecturers:

10:10–10:30 “Communication with the seriously ill, the dying and their families”
dr. med. Ivana Kukec, specialist internist, specialist in internal medicine oncology, team leader for supportive and palliative treatment of oncology patients, University Hospital Centre Zagreb

10:30–10:50 “The Importance of Spiritual Support to the Dying”
by Prof. Don. Ivan Bodrožić, spiritual director of the Croatian Catholic Church

10:50–11:10 “Palliative care”
by dr. med. Matija Rimac, Emergency Medicine Specialist, MASS. Palliative Care

11:10–11:30 “Ethical Approach to Mourning”
MSc in Nursing, Jelena Bilić, Palliative Care Coordinator of Health Care East

11:30–11:50 “Clinical Views: Hippocrates, Euthanasia and Distanasia”
by Assoc. Prof. Marko Ćurković, specialist in psychiatry

11:50–12:10 “Legal Aspects of Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide”
by dr. sc. Danijela Rupčić, dipl. Lawyer and bioethicist

12:10–12:30 Coordinated discussion

Participation in the course is free of charge
The course will be scored according to the decision of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce and the Croatian Chamber of Commerce

It will be possible to follow via zoom link
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89768532998?pwd=YzP23NmkFOQPWmUUX2phZbHg1edjoh.1
Meeting ID: 897 6853 2998
Passcode: 248009

Information and registration for the course are accepted by
e-mail: tajnistvo@hkld.hr or no. mobile phone 095 553 8685
with the adm. secretary Mrs. Slavica Grubišić