Background: Palliative medicine is an upcoming new specialty aimed at relieving suffering,
improving quality of life and comfort care. There are many challenges and barriers in …

The purpose of this paper is to present data about the level and background characteristics
of physicians' training in palliative care in Australia (AU), Belgium (BE), Denmark (DK), Italy …

Research shows slow improvement of the care of dying persons and their significant others.
One of the reasons for that is the lack of palliative care education as an integral part of health …

Background. The training in palliative care that health professionals receive is inadequate.
An aging population, changing systems of health care delivery, and the debate about …

Principles of palliative care are applicable across a wide range of healthcare settings and
illnesses. Health care providers, whether in primary care clinics or tertiary care centers …

Abstract Background By 2013 Palliative Care will become a mandatory examination subject
in the medical curriculum in Germany. There is a pressing need for effective and well …

Background: Medical discipline in India focuses on cure rather than comfort care. Palliative
care is concerned with improving quality of life and relieving sufferings in patients with …

Over the last three decades palliative care has emerged as a discrete specialty that has
brought with it a developing field of education. Problematic areas have been identified within …

Background The extension of palliative care services to meet the needs of patients with
chronic non-malignant life-limiting conditions faces misconceptions amongst healthcare …

Background Palliative care is a patient-centred, integrated approach for improving quality of
life for both patients facing life-threatening illnesses and for their families. Although there has …