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This chapter highlights the importance of the development of palliative medicine to contemporary global healthcare systems. We trace the development of international initiatives and services, focusing on achievements and limitations in current mapping and comparative methodologies. We offer evidence on the progress of educational initiatives, both within medicine and for other members of the multidisciplinary team, at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It is beyond the scope of this chapter to review the training needs of volunteers or family carers.