On 9-10 October, Globalizing Palliative Care Team members Hanum Atikasari and Annemarie Samuels presented their work at the Health and Life Conditions Research Group in Copenhagen followed by very inspiring discussions.
On June 26-28 2024, the ERC Globalizing Palliative Care project hosted an intensive academic workshop and roundtable at Leiden University. We thank all the participants for their generative contributions to the conversations!
How can anthropological insights most effectively contribute to addressing societal questions on health and care? On Friday the 15th of December, the Leiden University Medical Anthropology Network and the ERC-funded Globalizing Palliative Care project hosted a roundtable discussion about the impact of medical anthropology research in Indonesia. Dr. Irwan Martua Hidayana of the University of …
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Friday 6 October 2023 Hanum Atikasari talked about the beauty and challenges in conducting ethnography. In her presentation, she shared her experience in conducing ethnographic research on end-of-life care. The talk hosted by the Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
Shajeela Shawkat and Visual Artist Devika Sundar organised a creative workshop “Art for Healing: A Journey of Self-Expression” for caregivers of individuals with brain injuries and strokes. This transformative workshop aimed at promoting self-care and emotional well-being through art. This workshop was conducted in St johns Medical College hospital in Bangalore. In this video you …
On 14 June 2023 the second meeting of the Palliative Care Around the World network took place at Leiden University. The meeting was organized by Dr. Natashe Lemos Dekker and Prof. Jeannette Pols with support from the ERC project Globalizing Palliative Care.’ The participants presented their research on palliative care in a variety of contexts, …
In June, Globalizing Palliative Care project members Hanum Atikasari and Natashe Lemos Dekker attended the 18th European Association for Palliative Care congress in Rotterdam. Lemos Dekker presented the preliminary results of the project’s case studies in Brazil and Indonesia. In this presentation we have demonstrated that community-based initiatives reveal how local values are included in …
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In this video Dr. Natashe Lemos Dekker discusses palliative care with members of the Amsterdam-Diemen Palliative Care Network. Lemos Dekker talks with Danielle van Bennekom, Wies Wagenaar and Marike de Meij about various aspects of palliative care in The Netherlands and asks for recommendations for caretakers in Brazil as part of the ERC-funded research project …
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Natashe Lemos Dekker has been awarded the Distinguished Women Scientists Fund 2021. This travel grant for female postdocs allows her to spend a period as a visiting fellow at the UCLA Department of Anthropology in the United States. Lemos Dekker will participate in the group ‘Mind, Medicine, and Culture’, which advocates a critical perspective on health and illness that would greatly benefit Natashe’s own research on end-of-life care. Lemos Dekker is one of the six 6 laureates who will receive the DWSF travel grant 2021-2022.
Wednesday 9 February 2022 Annemarie Samuels and Liesbeth van Vliet co-organised a public debate night in De Balie called ‘I’m afraid it’s rather bad news’. During this event doctors, patients and other medical experts discussed the future of the bad news conversation. The evening has been recorded and can be now be viewed online.