Minerva Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of the End of Life

Tel Aviv University (established in 2011)

Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the End of Life

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Keywords

Medicine; public health; anthropology; psychology and law

Research activities and aims

The Minerva Center for Interdiciplinary Studies of the End of Life aims to enhance knowledge and critical reflection concerning the end of life, as well as identify opportunities towards improving the quality of life at its final stage. The center is headed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers representing the disciplines of medicine, public health, anthropology, psychology and law. The center’s activities facilitate academic research, conferences and workshops, and student training.

The center focuses on the study of life at its final stage, including the following topics:

• The formation of new notions of personhood;
• Perceptions of the "good death", the common death, and the gap in between;
• Current practices of caregivers in end-of-life institutions;
• The delineation of end of life as a life stage;
• Legal, ethical and religious regulation of end-of-life decision making.