The Research Unit based at the University of Padova deals with the part of the project “End of life decisions: the perspective of biomedical ethics”, whose goals are (1) the development of a new bioethical model neither antiscientific nor reductionistic; (2) the promotion of the ELDY-CARE pilot study; (3) the envisioning of an extensive training program for physicians and healthcare professionals, centred on a non-reductionist perspective of medicine and the patient-physician relationship.