Date of Birth: 16 December 1966
Nationality: Belgian
Current Position:
Director of the Federatie Palliatieve Zorg Vlaanderen (Federation Palliative Care Flanders FPCF) since 2006
Member of the Board of Directors of the European Association for Palliative Care (2011-2015)
Paul Vanden Berghe (1966) studied philosophy and theology at the Groot Seminarie Brugge, the Catholic University of Louvain (Leuven) and the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. He received his MA in Theology with a thesis on Christology (1992) and his PhD in Philosophy on the ethics of psychoanalysis (2001). From 2001 until 2006 he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow and substitute professor in ethics and anthropology at the University of Antwerp and from 2003 until 2006 also as part-time pastoral caregiver in Leuven. He was a member of the editorial board of ‘Ethical Perspectives’ (1992-2000), ethical advisor in a care home for older people with severe dementia in Leuven (2009-2012). He is currently a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Bioethics and a member of the Federal Evaluation Cell Palliative Care.
Publications
Co-author in the field of palliative care (selection):
- Radbruch L, Leget C, Bahr P, Müller-Busch Ch, Ellershaw J, de Conno F, Vanden Berghe P, Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide - A white paper from the European Association for Palliative Care, forthcoming
- Van Mechelen W, Piers R, Van den Eynde J., Vanden Berghe P, De Lepeleire J, Vroegtijdige Zorgplanning - een richtlijn. (Guideline ACP), 2014 see www.pallialine.be
- Vanden Berghe P, Mullie A, Desmet M, Huysmans G. Assisted dying – the current situation in Flanders: Euthanasia embedded in palliative care , EJPC 2013; 20: 266-72.
- Broeckaert B, Mullie A, Gielen J, Desmet M, Vanden Berghe P, Richtlijn Palliatieve Sedatie (guideline palliative sedation), 2010 See: www.pallialine.be
- Keirse E, Beguin Cl, Desmedt M, Deveugele M, Menten J, Simoens S, Wens J, Borgermans L, Kohn L, Spinnewijn B, Cardinael A, Kutten B,Vanden Berghe P and Paulus D, Organisation Of Palliative Care In Belgium, KCE-Report 115c (Study 2007-18), Brussels, 2009
- Belgische Federale Overheidsdienst Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de voedselketen en Leefmilieu, Studie inzake de ontwikkeling van een registratie-instrument voor palliatieve zorg / Étude pour le développement d’un outil pour l’enregistrement en soins palliatifs - Ten behoeve van een minimale dataset voor alle settings / En vue de mettre à la disposition de chaque institution une base de données minimum, Rys S, Bilsen J, Beguin Cl, Vanden Berghe P, Mullie A, Fontaine L, Servais B, 2008
- He is also co-author of publications on palliative care and advance care planning for the general public (www.palliatief.be)
(Co-) author of publications in the field of philosophy (Tragedy, ethics and psychoanalysis) in Dutch, French and Spanish.