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About Andreas Stähli

Professional CV, Memberships, Publications

Andreas Stähli was born in Munich (Germany) and studied philosophy, theology , and mathematics at the universities of Berlin, Munich and Münster. He received his doctorate in philosophy in 2010 with a dissertation on the ancient philosophical ARS MORIENDI (latin for “the art of dying”) and its presence in practical hospice work. He is a registered nurse, specialized in palliative care, and had worked for 14 years on two palliative wards and in an in-patient hospice in Munich and Münster.

Andreas Stähli is instructor for palliative care and a graduate of the European Academy for Palliative Medicine. He has been working in palliative care since 1996, and had been head of the Academy at Johannes-Hospiz in Münster from 2009 until February 2024.

He is a member of the German Society for Palliative Medicine and of the European Association for Palliative Care. He is also part of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “German Journal of Palliative Medicine” and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the “Palliative Medicine in Practice”, the official magazine of the Polish Association of Palliative Care.

Since 2017, he has been carrying out numerous educational projects in palliative care in and for Ukraine. The foundation of a series of publications on issues of organisation and supply in palliative care („Серія публікацій з питань організації та надання паліативної допомоги“) in 2021 is part of that project work.

Publications / Books

  • Stähli, A., Bullermann-Benend, M., Lejzjus, H. (ed.) (2025). Харчування в паліативній допомозі – Практичний посібник (Nutrition in Palliative Care – a practical guide). Ivano-Frankivsk.
  • Stähli, A. (2024). Nacht im Hospiz. Innenansichten zu einer existentiellen Zeit (Night at the Hospice. Inside Views at an Existential Time). Münster: LIT-Verlag. 
  • Stähli, A. (2024). Емоції та спілкування в паліативній допомозі – Практичний посібник (Emotions and Communication in Palliative Care – a Practical Guide). Ivano-Frankivsk: Apostol.
  • Stähli, A., Slugotska, I., Andriischin, L.-O., Galamaga, N., Ruzhylo, N. (2023). Паллиативная помощь. Практическое пособие для медицинских сестер (Palliative Care – a Practical Guide for Nurses). Chisinau.
  • Stähli, A. (2022). Компендіум – Методи викладання паліативної допомогиn (Compendium – Methods of Teaching in Palliative Care). Ivano-Frankivsk: Apostol.
  • Stähli, A., Slugotska, I., Andriischin, L.-O., Galamaga, N., Ruzhylo, N. (2021). Паліативна допомога – Практичний посібник для медичних сестер (Palliative Care – a Practical Guide for Nurses). Ivano-Frankivsk: Apostol.
  • Stähli, A. (2010). Antike philosophische ARS MORIENDI und ihre Gegenwart in der Hospizpraxis (Ancient Philosophical ARS MORIENDI and its Presence in Practical Hospice Work). Münster: LIT-Verlag. 
  • Stähli, A. (2004). Umgang mit Emotionen in der Palliativpflege. Ein Leitfaden (Dealing with Emotions in Palliative Care. A Guide). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer-Verlag.
  • Stähli, A. (2002). „Ich will mitfliegen, aber ich habe noch keinen Platz“. Reflexion und Erfahrung über Kranksein, Sterben und Tod auf der Palliativstation „Johannes-Hospiz“ in München („I Want to Fly Along but I Haven’t Got a Reservation Yet“. Reflection and Experience on Illness, Dying, and Death at the Palliative Ward ‘Johannes-Hospiz’ in Munich). 2. Aufl. Münster: LIT-Verlag.

Contributions in Books and Magazine Articles (from 2010 onwards)

  • Stähli, A. (2025). Nacht im Hospiz. In: Hospizdialog Nordrhein-Westfalen; 105: 10-11.
  • Stähli, A. (2025). Ein Finden und sich Entziehen: der Begriff Spiritualität. In: Hospizdialog Nordrhein-Westfalen; 102: 4-6.
  • Stähli, A. (2024). Ein Nukleus der Spiritualität: der spirituelle Tiefenstrom der Passio. In: Büssing, A., Giebel, A., Roser, T. (Hrsg.). Spiritual & Existential Care interprofessionell. Berlin: Springer, S. 295-301.
  • Stähli, A. (2023). Ein Brückenschlag in schwerer Zeit. Projekte zwischen der Ukraine und Deutschland (Building a Bridge in Hard Times. Projects between Ukraine and Germany). In: Bundes-Hospiz-Anzeiger, 21 (2): 4-5.
  • Stähli, A., Lejzjus, H. (2023). The Institute for European Hospice Partnerships: Idea, vision, mission, and first steps of its development. In: Palliative Medicine in Practice, DOI: 10.5603/PMPI.a2023.0010.
  • Paal, P., Brandstötter, F., Elsner, F., Lorenzl, J., Osterbrink, J., Stähli, A. (2022). European interprofessional postgraduate curriculum in palliative care: A narrative synthesis of field interviews in the region of Middle, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe and Central and West Asia. In: Palliative and Supportive Care, 1-10. Published online by Cambridge University Press.
  • Stähli, A., Stiel, S., Paal, P, Lorenzl, S., Elsner, F. (2020). Postgraduate palliative care education and curricular issues in Central Asia, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe: Results from a quantitative study. In: Palliative Medicine in Practice, 14 (2): 1-7.
  • Paal, P., Brandstötter, C., Bükki, J., Stähli, A., Elsner, F., Ersteniuk, A., Jentschke, E., Slugotska, I. (2020). One-week multidisciplinary post-graduate palliative care training: an outcome-based program evaluation. In: BMC Medical Education, 20 (276): 1-9.
  • Stähli, A. (2019). Seelsorge im religionspluralen Kontext (Pastoral Care in a Religiously Diverse Context. In: Roser, T. (Hg.): Handbuch der Krankenhausseelsorge. 5., überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Göttingen: V & R, 368-380.
  • Stähli, A., Krüskemper, W., Hofmeister, U. (2016). Freiwilliger Verzicht auf Ernährung und Flüssigkeit (Voluntary Abstinence from Food and Fluids). In: Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin, 17 (6): 284-297.
  • Stähli, A. (2016). Emotionen in der Palliativpflege (Emotions in Palliative Care). In: Pflegezeitschrift. Fachzeitschrift für stationäre und ambulante Pflege, 69 (8): 471-473.
  • Stähli, A. (2016). Spiritualität – Annäherungen an ein weites Wort (Spirituality – Approaches to a Broad Word). In: Leidfaden. Fachmagazin für Krisen, Leid, Trauer. 5 (1): 84-87.
  • Stähli, A. (2012). Rituale – Schutzfaktor der Mitarbeiter (Rituals – a Protective Factor of the Colleagues). In: Müller, M., Pfister, D. (Hg.): Wie viel Tod verträgt das Team? (How Much Death Can a Team Endure?) Göttingen: V & R, 198-206.
  • Stähli, A. (2011). Palliative Care im Kontext kulturell-religiöser Vielfalt (Palliative Care in the Context of Cultural-Religious Diversity). In: Zeitschrift für Palliativmedizin, 12 (6): 256-259.