Werner Burgheim

Werner Burgheim (* 1942 ) is a German social worker, pedagogue, educational scientist and university lecturer in retirement. From 1975 to 2007 he taught as a professor for social education, crisis education and didactics in adult education at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. He was chairman of the International Society for Dying and Life Support (IGSL).

Life

After studying social work in Freiburg with a degree in social worker and studying educational sciences , sociology and psychology in Tübingen with a degree in education , Werner Burgheim received his doctorate in Berlin (Dr. phil). This was followed by many years of activity in social work and in youth and adult education. From 1975 he taught as a professor for social education, crisis education and didactics of adult education at the University of Applied Sciences (now University ) Darmstadt. There he also took on the role of dean for a time and was elected to the board of the German Deans Conference (now "Fachbereichstag").

He also lectured in the nursing and health sciences department and was a visiting professor at Lillehammer University College, Norway. He was also a seminar leader to prepare for hospice care, a lecturer in the training of doctors (palliative) and nurses (palliative care to psycho-social and spiritual topics), as supervisor of hospice professionals, as coach of hospice directors, as a health coach ( psycho- Oncology , Bochum Health Training (BGT)).

In 2007 he retired.

Participation in projects, in committees and associations

• International Society for Dying and Life Support (IGSL-Hospiz) (1st Chairman from 1996 to 2003)
• Structural commission of the state of Thuringia for the establishment of universities (former chairman)
• German Society for Palliative Medicine (DGP)
• Interdisciplinary Society for Palliative Medicine Rhineland-Palatinate (iGP)
• Ethics Committee of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate (expert)
• Project: "Building blocks for a sustainable Germany"
• "International Society for Group Work in Education"
• Network: " Learning Organization "

Works (selection)

Publications in book form

• Educational art in life crises. Teaching about survival and learning between paternalism and chatting , Darmstadt 1994 (at the same time university thesis, Berlin, Technical University, dissertation, 1994)
• (Author), IGSL, International Society for Dying and Life Support, Bingen (Ed.): Endlichleben. Thinking about dying, death and mourning , Bingen, IGSL Bingen 1999, ISBN 978-3-934336-11-7 .
• (Author), with Paul Becker (author), Ursel Jüdt (author), teaching and learning for the dying and the mourning (= International Society for Dying and Life Support. IGSL-Curriculum for Volunteers, Volume 1), IGSL-Hospiz, Bingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-934336-70-4 .
• Didactics of crisis pedagogy. Teaching and helping as educational art (= reports from pedagogy), Shaker, Aachen 2002, ISBN 978-3-8322-0138-8 .
• At the bottom - the well. Mastering life crises, strokes of fate and dying , Shaker, Aachen 2002, ISBN 978-3-8322-0137-1 .
• (Author) and Monika Schulte-Beckhausen (Author), IGSL, International Society for Dying and Life Assistance (ed.): ... as if it were a part of me. Accompaniment on the way through the mourning , IGSL-Hospiz, 2nd, extended edition, Bingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-934336-20-9 .

• To die standing. Accompaniment to dignified dying and healing grief. Books on Demand 2017. ISBN 978-3-7431-0998-8
• Hospice work where from - where to? Development concepts suggestions. Books on Demand 2017. ISBN 978-3-7431-3365-5 .

• (Ed.): Accompany the dying. In security until the end thanks to palliative care , Forum-Verlag Herkert, Merching 2005, ISBN 978-3-86586-011-8 .
• (Ed.): In dialogue with the dying. Listening - talking - understanding each other , Forum, Merching 2005, ISBN 978-3-86586-000-2 .
• (Ed.): Accept the incomprehensible. Allowing grief, living grief , Forum, Merching 2006, ISBN 978-3-86586-002-6 .
• (Ed.): Dying and mourning in transition. Meeting the taboo, learning from religions and cultures , Forum, Merching 2006, ISBN 978-3-86586-004-0 .
• (Ed.): Hospice work - back to the future. With quality, ideas and profile , Forum Merching 2006, ISBN 978-3-86586-003-3 .
• (Ed.): The rights of the dying. Between euthanasia and life extension at any price , Forum, Merching 2007, ISBN 978-3-86586-001-9 .
• (Ed.): Qualified accompaniment of the dying and the mourning. Medical, legal, psycho-social and spiritual assistance . (= Forum GesundheitsMedien), Forum Merching 2001 to 2013, (loose-leaf collection in three volumes), ISBN 3-89827-374-1 .

Articles in collective works

• Special family life situations , in: Bernd Seidenstücker (Ed.), Barbara Mutke (Ed.), Practical Guide to Child and Youth Welfare. Successful care and advice for children and adolescents in difficult life situations, Forum, Merching 2004, ISBN 978-3-89827-971-0 , pp. 159–182.

Magazine articles

• Eight learning paths for the learning company , in: Harvard Business Manager , 1996, issue 3, pp. 51–62.
• Taboo death? or the right to happiness and integrity. Whoever wants to teach life must not skip dying , in: TPS Extra, June 2000, no. 38 (topic: "Children encounter death")
• Dealing with death. A necessary topic of school education , in: Schulmagazin, 2009 Issue 11, pp. 5–10