Aim of the course is to educate participants on a range of ethical issues related to suffering, palliative care and medically assisted death. Extensive insight into the medical, philosophical, theological and ethical foundations of these concepts will be proffered. The course consists of a series of lectures by experts, discussions, and parallel sessions centered around various topics in the domain of palliative care: autonomy and dependence; scientific research in palliative care; palliative sedation and euthanasia; death, suffering and palliative care; quality of life and a good death; spirituality and palliative care. There will be time for intensive discussions. The key-note lecture: Authority in Death and Dying, will be held by Tony Walter PhD, Professor of Death Studies and course director MSc Death & Society, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, UK. For more information, please consult our website: www.masterbioethics.org, under Intensive courses or contact Simone Naber: s.naber@iq.umcn.nl. Tel: [0031](0)24-3613359/[0031](0)24-3615320.