Award of Håkan Mogren Prize to Carl Johan Fürst
The Håkan Mogren Foundation has selected the Senior Physician and Professor of Palliative Medicine, Carl Johan Fürst, as the recipient of the Foundation’s 2014 medical prize. Professor Fürst is awarded the prize for, and on behalf of, his ongoing contribution to human health and wellbeing
Carl Johan Fürst is a specialist in oncology and works to optimise, as far as possible, the last stages of life for patients where no medical cure is available. During the 1980’s he was involved in building up a consultation service at Radiumhemmet, the department of oncology at the Karolinska Hospital, to other care units in order to provide cancer patients, in the final stages of life, with appropriate oncological and palliative care. He has been a leading figure in building up palliative care at Stockholm Sjukhem (private non-profit hospital and nursing home).
In his work, Carl Johan Fürst has created many national and international contacts facilitating access to knowledge and models for the introduction of palliative care programmes. He is actively engaged in the Swedish Council for Palliative Care and in the Swedish Palliative Network (monthly e-newsletter for those involved in palliative care) and has been a member of the Ethics Committee of The Swedish Society of Medicine. Knowledge of, and different approaches to, palliative care are passed on through such channels to other diagnostic groups. Teaching for healthcare personnel, led by Carl Johan Fürst, play an essential role in knowledge transmission.
Carl Johan Fürst is a Senior Physician and, since 2013, Professor of Palliative Medicine at Lund University. He is Director of the Palliative Centre at Lund University (Region Skåne). He is also closely connected with the Department of Oncology-Pathology at Karolinska Institutet and divides his time between research, development, supervision and active clinical activities.
“Carl Johan Fürst works purposefully and tirelessly for good healthcare and a humane approach to, and treatment of, patients in the final stages of their life,” explains Håkan Mogren who instituted this prize. “The fact he is so keen to pass on this knowledge to others makes him a worthy recipient of the Håkan Mogren prize 2014.”
The Håkan Mogren Foundation was established in 2012. Its purpose is partly to promote education and research within the medical field and partly to promote the education and training of classical musicians, particularly singers.
Within the medical field, the purpose of the stipend is as follows: to provide the opportunity for well-qualified, scientifically competent and clinically active physicians to improve themselves professionally, or to carry out research in a particular field of interest to them. To be eligible for the stipend from The Håkan Mogren Foundation, candidates must have established a reputation for looking after their patients with empathy and passion, and they should also be currently active, or planning to be active, in disseminating knowledge through lectures or the supervision of others.
The award comprises a diploma and a personal prize to the winner of SEK 250,000. Professor Carl Johan Fürst receives the Prize in conjunction with Karolinska Institutet's installation ceremony on 17 October 2014.
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