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Moral Distress at the End of Life: Recognizing, Accompanying, and Transforming

Caring Until the End: Decisions, Moral Distress, and Protecting Health Care Teams: IFIC LatAm Webinar Series 2025 - 2026

When

05/03/2026    

9.00 - 10.30 am Costa Rica

12.00 - 1.30 pm Chile

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The Integrated Care and End-of-Life Working Group of IFIC LatAm hosted the second webinar in the series Caring Until the End: Decisions, Moral Distress, and Protection of Healthcare Teams.

This session explored how moral distress affects teams providing care in end of life contexts and how it can be identified and addressed through strategies grounded in compassion, mindfulness, and the humanization of care. Practical tools and experiences, including insights from the Compassion Coalition initiative, was shared to strengthen the well-being and resilience of healthcare teams facing ethical and emotional dilemmas.

Resources from the webinar

The webinar video

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Speakers

Dr. Claudia Collado

Dr. Claudia Collado

Assistant Professor

Department of Nursing

University of Chile

Integrated Care and End-of-Life Working Group, IFIC LatAm

Cristóbal Vacarezza - University of Chile

Dr. Cristóbal Vacarezza Suazo

University of Chile

Integrated Care and End-of-Life Working Group, IFIC LatAm

Natalia Lavín Cornejo

Mg. Natalia Lavín Cornejo

Social Worker

Hospital Clínico Mutual de Seguridad CCHC

Dr. Sergio König

Dr. Sergio König

Adjunct Associate Professor

Faculty of Health Sciences

Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez