Denk Zorg: Sterfelijkheid

Today's thinkers about tomorrow's health

Denk Zorg is a series of polyphonic performances that brings together sharp thinkers on stage. 

Healthcare providers, scientists, opinion makers and artists analyze the medical-ethical dilemmas in human life and confront us with the big questions of our time. In words, music and images.

The theme of this first edition: Mortality

With Klara presenter and singer Lies Steppe as hostess , the guests below consider the following questions. 

• What makes life worth living if you no longer have all your faculties and are dependent on others? 
• How can medicine help terminally ill people take control themselves? 
• Are we prolonging life or dying if we further treat seriously ill people? treatment? 
• And how do you address the theme of mortality?
• In short, can medicine improve not only life but also the end of life?

More about the guests

• Tinneke Beeckman is a philosopher, columnist and author. She lives by the motto 'Vivre sa pensée et penser sa vie' – to experience your thoughts and imagine your life.
• Director Alain Platel, of the company Les Ballets C de la B, wrote the book Requiem pour L, based on the dance performance of the same name. 'His most intense performance ever.'
• Sculptor-draughtsman Koenraad Tinel With his drawings, he digs into the myths and primeval stories of humanity.  He also makes his ink paintings live on stage with musician friends and theater makers.
• Musician Roland Van Campenhout is a living legend and is considered one of the master guitarists in our country. The musician is obsessed with the blues but never allows himself to be chained to genres. 
• Dominique Benoit is Head of Intensive Care at UZ Gent and conducts research into the ethical climate in hospitals. He encourages healthcare providers to discuss excessive care.
• Clinical psychologist Anne-Sofie Goemanne (UZ Ghent) talks every day with patients and family members in intensive care, often about mortality and the approaching end of life.
• Geriatrician Ruth Piers (UZ Gent) is a specialist in end-of-life research. She passionately advocates advance care planning: helping old people decide what care they prefer at the end of their lives.