The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), an initiative of Qatar Foundation, is inviting the public to participate in talks on the subject of Islamic ethics and palliative care.
The discussions will take place at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s (HBKU) College of Islamic Studies auditorium in Education City, Doha, today and at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, on April 16. Both events will start at 7pm and will feature expert presentations and the opportunity for public interaction.
The events will feature presentations by Dr Mohamed Ghaly, who leads the WISH Islamic ethics and palliative care research group.
The Doha talk will also feature a presentation by Dr Azza Adel Hassan, a contributing member of the WISH research group and programme director of the Support and Palliative Care Unit of the National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, who will share her knowledge of end-of-life care from a medical practitioner’s perspective.
Dr Ghaly said, “I am delighted to be working with WISH once again to address one of the most sensitive topics, palliative care, from an Islamic perspective. Investigations have commenced and the forum members are already tackling the thorniest questions and ethical challenges in preparation for the launch of the research report.”
The WISH research group, led by Dr Ghaly, consists of an international collection of experts who are investigating the ethical challenges and questions palliative care gives rise to from an Islamic perspective. The group’s findings, to be published in a report ahead of WISH 2018, will be discussed in-depth during a panel session at the prestigious event.
In addition to exploring and analysing the key ethical challenges of palliative care from an Islamic perspective, the aim of the academic research within the forum is to produce policy recommendations that can have a positive impact on the management of palliative care in Qatar, the region, and beyond.
Islamic ethics and palliative care will be one of nine research topics that will form the focus of WISH 2018.