Dr. Laura Galiana is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Methodology for the Behavioral Sciences at the University of Valencia. Her doctoral research focused on developing and validating measurement instruments for both patients and palliative care professionals. Her work has highlighted the importance of resilience and the social support provided by family members and healthcare professionals in enhancing patients’ spirituality, which she identifies as essential to achieving a dignified death. Dr. Galiana has also conducted extensive research on compassionate care, quality of life, and the well-being of healthcare professionals. Her work on compassion advances along four main lines: (1) examining compassion as a protective factor for professional quality of life; (2) identifying the factors that promote adequate compassionate care among professionals; (3) developing and validating measures of health professionals’ compassion; and (4) implementing and evaluating interventions based on compassionate techniques to improve healthcare professionals’ quality of life.