Prof. Dr. med.

Winfried Hardinghaus

German Hospice and Palliative Association

Focus of the commitment in the German Ethics Council

  • Medical ethics and everyday practice
  • Existential questions at the end of life
  • Hospice work and palliative care in Germany
  • Volunteering and civic engagement

 

Professional background

  • Since 2015 Chief Physician at the Clinic for Palliative Medicine at the Franziskus Hospital Berlin
  • 1990–2017 University of Osnabrück, Department of Human Sciences, Vice-Chairman of the Ethics Commission
  • 2009–2016 Establishment and management of the Lower Saxony Coordination and Advisory Centre for Hospice Work and Palliative Care
  • 1987–2015 Chief Physician and Medical Director of the Niels Stensen Clinics, most recently at the Marienhospital Osnabrück
  • 1994 Foundation of the hospice and palliative care project SPES VIVA
  • Specialist in internal medicine, later additional qualification in palliative medicine, diabetology (DDG)
  • 1975–1987 Clinical training at the University Hospital Heidelberg and the Clinical Centre Osnabrück
  • 1970–1975 Medical Studies in Münster and Heidelberg

Memberships

  • Since 2014 Chairman of the Board of the German Hospice and Palliative Association and the German Hospice and Palliative Foundation
  • Since 1992 Member of the German Association for Palliative Medicine
  • Since 1988 Member of the Walter Siegenthaler Society for Advances in Internal Medicine
  • Since 1982 Member of the German Society for Internal Medicine

Distinctions

  • 2016 Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2016 Badge of Honour of the Medical Association of Lower Saxony
  • 2006 Janssen-Cilag Sustainability Award, “SPES VIVA” project
  • 1999 German Innovation Award “Medicine and Health”, “SPES VIVA” project
  • 1997 Janssen-Cilag Future Award for Innovations in Healthcare,“SPES VIVA” project
  • 1996 Golden Helix Award

Selected publications

  • Hardinghaus, W. (ed.) (2022): Suizid: Prävention vor Assistenz. Die Hospiz-Zeitschrift, 24 (5), Nr. 97.
  • Hardinghaus, W.; Voltz, R. (ed.) (2020): Todeswünsche. Die Hospiz-Zeitschrift, 22 (3), Nr. 87.
  • Pinkert, C.; Busch, J.; Hardinghaus, W.; Remmers, H. (2011): Empirische Fundierung und Entwicklung eines Konzeptes zur Optimierung regionaler Palliativversorgung. In: Remmers, H. (ed.): Pflegewissenschaft im interdisziplinären Dialog. Eine Forschungsbilanz. Göttingen: V&R unipress, 277–314.
  • Hardinghaus, W. (2010): SAPV in Niedersachsen: Stand, Erwartungen und Perspektiven. Niedersächsisches Ärzteblatt, 83 (10).
  • Jäckel, H.; Hardinghaus, W. (2010): Erfahrungen in zwei Flächenländern: SAPV in Brandenburg und Niedersachsen. Angewandte Schmerztherapie und Palliativmedizin, 3 (1), 23–29.
  • Maier, C.; Nestler, N.; Richter, H.; Hardinghaus, W.; Pogatzki-Zahn, E.; Zenz, M.; Osterbrink, J. (2010): Qualität der Schmerztherapie in deutschen Krankenhäusern. Deutsches Ärzteblatt, 107 (36), 607–614.
  • Hardinghaus, W.; Rogner, J.; Meyer. B. (1999): Zur Qualität und Identität von Sterbebegleitung im Krankenhaus am Beispiel des Palliativprojektes SPES VIVA. Das Gesundheitswesen, 61 (4), 203–206.
  • Hardinghaus, W. (1998): Sterbebegleitung im Krankenhaus: Das Beispiel der Modelleinrichtung SPES VIVA. In: Riha, O. (ed.): Arzt und Tod. Vorträge des Leipziger Symposiums am 16. Mai 1998. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, 17–26.