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
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
Speakers
Dr. Claudia Collado
Department of Nursing
University of Chile
Integrated Care and End-of-Life Working Group, IFIC LatAm
Dr. Cristóbal Vacarezza Suazo
University of Chile
Integrated Care and End-of-Life Working Group, IFIC LatAm
Mg. Natalia Lavín Cornejo
Hospital Clínico Mutual de Seguridad CCHC
Dr. Sergio König
Faculty of Health Sciences
Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez