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The
Palliative Care in Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet
Union (CEE & FSU) Countries Monthly Email Newsletter
This
monthly Newsletter that will cover palliative care activities
in the countries of CEE & FSU in English and Russian,
is developed by the Hungarian Hospice-Palliative Association,
with the support of the Open Society Institute Network Public
Health Program’s International Palliative Care Initiative
and the European Association for Palliative Care.
The
goal is to communicate the activities, diversity, challenges
and progress being made in palliative care development, to
foster networking, communication in Central and Eastern Europe
and Former Soviet Union, and also to inform those throughout
the world about the regional effort.
Our
purpose is to create an individual, high standard and creative
identity for the Newsletter. We would like to increase the
influence of the EAPC in the region using the EAPC website
as background.
Topics to be covered:
-
advocacy for palliative care
- fundraising activities
- announcements on newly received funding
- case studies on successful examples of working with the
media
- activities on educating the public
- progress in palliative care policy development
- education/training opportunities in the region
- hospice and palliative care practice
- drug availability
- meetings and conference calendar
- question and answer column for difficult cases to be discussed
- twinning requests and opportunities
The
ultimate goal is to contribute to the development of care
of the patients and families suffering with serious life-threatening
illnesses. We can not achieve our goals without your active
participation.
The 10th Congress of the European Association for Palliative
Care is to be held in Budapest between 6-9 June 2007. The
Scientific Committee of the Congress will be in Stockholm
and we can use the experiences of the EAPC East in our Newsletter
as well.
Katalin
Hegedus and Melinda Szöllosi
Editors
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