Event: Lectures on Euthanasia and End-of-Life Care
Dates: Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 May
Time: 19:00 on 17 May; 18:00 on 18 May
Venue: Embassy of The Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Ordnance Street, Valletta (17 May); South Auditorium Mater Dei (18 May)
Aquinas Lecture 2022
The Faculty of Theology together with the Theology Students’ Association invites the public for its annual Aquinas Lecture entitled: 'Stories of a Belgian Jesuit Palliative Care Physician: Accompanying Persons requesting Euthanasia' which will be held on Tuesday 17 May 2022 at 19:00 at the Embassy of The Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Ordnance Street, Valletta.
Professor Marc Desmet, sj, a Belgian Jesuit palliative care physician, will deliver this lecture.
RSVP: theology@um.edu.mt or +356 2340 3166.
RSVP: theology@um.edu.mt or +356 2340 3166.
Second Lecture
Professor Desmet S.J. will deliver a second lecture entitled: 'In Search of Meaning at End-of-Life Care: Experiences of a Belgian Jesuit Palliative Care Physician'. University students, particularly medical students and professionals are invited. This lecture will be held on Wednesday 18 May 2022 at 18:00 at the South Auditorium at Mater Dei Hospital.
Professor Desmet S.J. will deliver a second lecture entitled: 'In Search of Meaning at End-of-Life Care: Experiences of a Belgian Jesuit Palliative Care Physician'. University students, particularly medical students and professionals are invited. This lecture will be held on Wednesday 18 May 2022 at 18:00 at the South Auditorium at Mater Dei Hospital.
About the Speaker
Born in Belgium in 1956, Professor Desmet studied medicine and practised as a medical doctor before joining the Jesuits in 1984. He studied Philosophy in Paris and Theology in Louvain and was ordained a priest in 1992. He is specialised in palliative care and is one of the leading voices in Belgium on this topic. Desmet worked for 27 years as a full-time palliative care physician at the public hospital of the city of Hasselt where he founded one of the first Palliative Care Units.
Born in Belgium in 1956, Professor Desmet studied medicine and practised as a medical doctor before joining the Jesuits in 1984. He studied Philosophy in Paris and Theology in Louvain and was ordained a priest in 1992. He is specialised in palliative care and is one of the leading voices in Belgium on this topic. Desmet worked for 27 years as a full-time palliative care physician at the public hospital of the city of Hasselt where he founded one of the first Palliative Care Units.
