Hospice-palliative care has existed in Hungary for more than 20 years but physicians know
very little about it. The objective of the study is to give detailed practical information about the …

Background In Slovenia we started with the process of working and informing the public
about palliative care as an integral part of the health care system after 2003, in preparation …

Background: Demographic change and the medical imperative to accompany patients at all
times and also in the case of illness leading to death require good basic knowledge of …

Throughout the world approximately 56 million people die each year, with the majority dying
with or from non-communicable diseases, often in older age. The populations of Europe …

During the past 25 years, many developmental steps have occurred in Hungary in palliative
care. Further education and service development is needed to provide a quality palliative …

Palliative medicine education is an important strategy in ensuring that the needs of
terminally ill patients are met. A review was conducted in 2007 of the undergraduate …

Background: Following recent modifications of the Medical Licensure Act (ÄApprO) in the
year 2009, palliative care was introduced as a compulsory 13 th cross-disciplinary subject …

The purpose of this chapter is to consider current perspectives on palliative nursing
education and to set this within a wider international context of nursing scholarship. Themes …

Specialisation in Palliative Medicine for Physicians in Europe 2014 Page 1 Specialisation in
Palliative Medicine for Physicians in Europe 2014 A supplement of the EAPC Atlas of Palliative …

In many countries over the last forty years palliative medicine have been recognised as a
separate speciality and associated with adult cancer patients. Pediatric palliative medicine is …