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Landspitali - University Hospital

GCP – Course in Good Clinical Practice (1)

16th October 2025

08:30 to 15:40

Víði­hlíð 4, South Building, Skaftahlíð 24

Conference Program: Family and End-of-Life Care

Register for the event

Time

Event

Speaker

8:30–9:00

Doors Open – Registration and Coffee

9:00–9:10

Opening

Kristín Lára Ólafsdóttir, Chairperson of Lífið

9:10–9:40

Children as Relatives of Seriously Ill Parents

Anna Dóra Sigurðardóttir, Social Worker

9:40–10:10

What are Children's Needs?

Rev. Matthildur Bjarnadóttir, Pastor at the Memorial and Support Fund Örninn

10:10–10:30

Coffee

10:30–11:00

Family Nursing

Katrín Edda Snjólaugsdóttir, Specialist in Palliative Nursing

11:00–11:30

Family Meetings

Kristín Lára Ólafsdóttir, Specialist in Palliative Nursing, and Arna D. Einarsdóttir, Chief Physician of Palliative Medicine at Landspítali

11:30–12:00

Family Support in the Palliative Care Unit

Guðlaug Helga Ásgeirsdóttir, Hospital Chaplain, and Svandís Íris Hálfdánardóttir, Specialist in Palliative Nursing

12:00–12:50

Lunch

12:50–13:20

Pastoral Care for Families

Ingólfur Hartvigsson, Hospital Chaplain

13:20–13:50

Needs and Experience of Relatives

Sigurður Arnarson, Parish Priest of Kópavogskirkja

13:50–14:20

Needs of Families During the Illness Process

Þorri Snæbjörnsson, Psychologist at the Icelandic Cancer Society

14:20–14:40

Coffee

14:40–15:10

Experience of Patients and Relatives

Marta Jóns Hjördísardóttir, Nurse, Patient Spokesperson

15:10–15:30

When My Mother Died: Facing Death as a Relative

Sigrún Alba Sigurðardóttir, Cultural Anthropologist and Author

15:30 - 15:40

Closing and Summary

Price and Payment Information

Parties

Price

Members of Lífið

kr. 15.000

Others (Non-members)

kr. 20.000

Students

kr. 10.000

  • Payment confirms registration.

  • Receipt to be sent to lsl@lsl.is

  • National ID (Kennitala): 561198-2929

  • Account Number (Reikningsnúmer): 0334-13-201492