Calenda Announcement 1 334 043
The Plateforme nationale pour la recherche sur la fin de vie and the Réseau québécois de recherche en soins palliatifs et de fin de vie are jointly organizing their sixth international francophone scientific day on palliative and end-of-life care on Thursday, February 5, 2026, online, from 8am to 12pm (Quebec time) and from 2pm to 6pm (French time).
At a time when palliative and end-of-life care (EOLC) is undergoing profound medical, social and ethical changes, suffering remains a central issue, but one that is still insufficiently explored in all its complexity. Long focused on physical pain, the term suffering is gradually opening up to a broader understanding: psychological, social, moral, spiritual and existential, cultural, anticipated, linked to the trajectories of illness or end-of-life and the lived realities of people, their loved ones and caregivers.
Link to the text of the PNRFV announcement via the PNRFV website (as the related link in the Calenda announcement is not operative)
