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The
EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe
(Book and CD-book)
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The European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) launched
the first
‘Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe’ during
the International Congress held in Budapest,
7-9 June 2007.
The
study has succeeded in compiling country
reports for 42/52 participating countries
which results are presented in The Atlas in a very attractive
way with tables and maps. A special EAPC Task Force have worked
in the last four years in the project and its main results,
the Atlas, is representing the largest palliative care research
collaboration of its kind, carried out an assessment of palliative
care development taking into account political, social and
health care policy.
The
resulting Atlas brings together country reports with comparative
data on the status of palliative care development in 52 countries
and a total population of 879 million people including: Palliative
care resources, paediatric palliative care, estimate of palliative
care beds, certification of palliative care as a specialist
area, workforce capacity, legislative issues and the milestones
of the development of Palliative Care in each particular country.
There
are two versions available of the Atlas: Atlas-book (336 color
printed pages) and Atlas CD-book (45 color printed pages and
CD).
Dr
Carlos Centeno, who led the project, commented: “the
ATLAS reveals that Europe faces severe gaps in palliative
care service provision. This research has confirmed that palliative
care provision does not meet the needs of the population of
Europe. For the first time ever there is one source of information
on all palliative care resources and we hope our colleagues
will use this comparative study to promote palliative care
and advance policy making to ensure adequate provision support
to terminally ill people across Europe”.
The
publication of the EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe
is the first stage in a longer term research project aiming
to further research, document and disseminate information
on the development of Palliative Care in Europe to 2009. This
project will map the provision of specific services, legislation
on death, pediatric palliative care, health insurance, epidemic
data, sources of funding, use and estimated cost of opioids,
research projects, university teaching, professional accreditation
and health policy and palliative care.
The
EAPC Task Force on the Development of Palliative Care in Europe
is a partnership between EAPC, the
International Observatory on End of Life Care, Help
the Hospices, the International
Association for Hospice and Palliative Care and the
University of Navarra.
Reference:
Centeno
C, Clark D, Lynch T, Rocafort J, Greenwood A, Flores LA, De
Lima L, Giordano A, Brasch S, Praill D. EAPC ATLAS OF PALLIATIVE
CARE IN EUROPE. IAHPCPress, Houston, 2007.
Go
to the main page of the EAPC
Task Force on the Development of Palliative Care in Europe
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