Against the background of a European research study in the field of palliative care lasting
several months and the experiences of a five-year international hospice partnership, the …

270 Editorial has to ascend in any country or region (not necessarily in the same order) until
full coverage with high-quality palliative care is available for all those who need it. For the …

Modern palliative-hospice care has gained space in Europe for more than 50 years. Since
the initial empirical work of Cicely Saunders, palliative medicine has gained its place in …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), palliative care is concerned with the
physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems of patients with life-threatening illnesses and …

The article focuses on British contribution to the development of palliative and hospice care
in Poland in the 1980s and beyond. It is based on archival research in the hospices in …

The first hospice in eastern Europe was the Hospicium in Krakow, which was created 10
years ago. Three years later the leading independent Polish hospice, Hospitium Pallotinum …

Hospice/palliative care, as the World Health Organization has recognized, is the active, total
care of patients whose disease no longer responds to curative treatment, and for whom the …

Abstract The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) represents 46 national
associations from 27 European countries and more than 50 000 health care workers and …

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PALLIATIVE CARE IN EUROPE CONCEPTS POLICIES Edited by H. ten Have and R. Janssens …

Palliative care is an important public health problem in all European countries. The provision
of palliative care must be integrated into the overall complex of social care, requiring …