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The EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe
(Book and CD-book)
Atlas Review at the JOURNAL OF PAIN & PALLIATIVE CARE PHARMACOTHERAPY
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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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