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A stay in Scotland to work in end-of-life care and palliative care
It has been possible thanks to a financial aid José Castillejo de mobility abroad, granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. It has also had the support of Banco Santander
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José Miguel Carrasco, researcher visitor of the ATLANTES Program of the Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) of the University of Navarra, has completed a one-year stay at the End of Life Studies Group of the University of Glasgow, at campus in Dumfries (Scotland). It has been possible thanks to a financial aid José Castillejo de mobility abroad, granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and has also been supported by Banco Santander.
During this period, he has studied the impact of World Health Assembly resolution WHA67.19, which focuses on strengthening palliative care as part of comprehensive treatment throughout the life course. This is the most important international resolution in this field.
He has also worked on the exploitation of the Scottish Atlas of Palliative Care with data collected by the End of Life Studies Group. The study has resulted in a scientific article published in the scientific journal BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. In addition, he has participated in other programs of study of group with methodological contributions and has collaborated in the tutoring of graduate students.
Working for the global implementation of palliative careThe researcher defines the stay as very enriching for the internationalization of his degree program "not only at the curricular level, but also for the contact with end-of-life care professionals from different parts of the world". Thanks to her work, she has interviewed informants core topic from four continents (Asia, America, Africa and Europe) from both public and private entities.
José Miguel Carrasco recognizes that, after this year of research in Scotland, he wishes to focus on a new professional path. The next step will be to work for the effective implementation of palliative care, since he regrets that most of the people who could benefit from it cannot access it. In that sense, he wants to work directly "for the implementation and improvement of the accessibility and quality of these services partner-health", as he is convinced that "they are essential to normalize and humanize end-of-life care".
The researcher tells the experience of his stay in the blog of ATLANTES and End of life studies.