Interview with Annabelle ISZATT, practicing architect, teacher at the Montpellier School of Architecture and researcher at the GERPHAU laboratory. She has been conducting research into funerary spaces for over 10 years. Her work has led to the creation of both a thematic research network and an action research project.
The Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie and the Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie (CNSA) have organized three webinars around the results of a major study carried out in 52 EHPADs on issues relating to confinement, end-of-life and death in EHPADs, during the first wave of the Covid-19 epidemic in France.
Dalhia AISSAT has taken over from Élodie CRETIN as head of the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie. She joined the operational team at the beginning of May.
Attached to the Centre Léon Bérard, this new team will carry out multidisciplinary work focusing on pharmacological aspects, but also taking into account the point of view of parents and children.
The 184 citizens chosen at random to answer the question: "Is the framework for end-of-life support adapted to the different situations encountered, or should changes be introduced?" presented their conclusions at the end of 9 working sessions and 27 days of debate organized by the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE).
Several positions for university clinical supervisors and hospital assistants focusing on palliative care research are up for grabs this autumn. Applications are open until April 28.
The contents of the international francophone scientific day co-organized on February 2, 2023 by the Réseau québécois de recherche en soins palliatifs et de fin de vie (RQSPAL) are available online.
L'appel à projets Horizon Europe "Novel approaches for palliative and end-of-life care for non-cancer patients" représente une belle opportunité pour les équipes françaises de coordonner ou d'être partenaire d'un projet européen dans le domaine de la fin de vie. La date limite de candidature est fixée au 13 avril 2023.
The Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie and the Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'atutonomie (CNSA) are launching a call for expressions of interest from January 1 to May 31, 2023.
Two vacancies are available: the position of Director of the National Platform for End-of-Life Research and a position of Project Manager to carry out two literature reviews.
On November 8, 2022, the National Platform for End-of-Life Research organized a virtual meeting of young researchers working on issues relating to death, end-of-life and palliative care.
SPARK is a network of clinician-researchers whose aim is to integrate a "neuropalliative" approach to Parkinson's disease. The launch of this project was funded as part of a call for expressions of interest (AMI) organized by the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie.
As part of the 5th National Plan for the Development of Palliative Care and End-of-Life Support (2021-2024), positions for university clinical leaders - hospital assistants (CCU-AH) in palliative medicine have been created, with the aim of developing research.
Each year, the Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie (National Platform for Research on End-of-Life Care) produces a report on the current state of research, based on the data entered in its national directory. The 2022 edition is now available.
