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In collaboration with other organizations, the International Association
for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) recently developed a list of
essential medicines for palliative care in response to a request from
the Cancer Control Program of the World Health Organization (WHO). The
request from WHO was to prepare a list based on the recommendation from
palliative care experts, taking in consideration two criteria: Efficacy
and Safety. The WHO will be carrying out the Cost Effectiveness analysis
and evidence based reviews of the recommended medications.
To
work on this proposal, IAHPC formed a working committee which included
board members of IAHPC and external advisers from the field. The Committee
developed a plan of action which included a modified Delphi process,
a general survey among palliative care experts from around the globe,
and a face to face meeting in Salzburg, Austria, with representatives
from international palliative care and pain relief organizations.
Now
that this task has been completed, the IAHPC has delivered its list
to the WHO. The IAHPC list includes 34 medications of which 14 are already
included in the WHO list as essential in the treatment of several conditions,
some of which are common in palliative care.
To read about the process followed to develop the IAHPC list of Essential
Medicines for Palliative Care, click
here
To
see the IAHPC list, click
here
Dowload:
Special
Report. Liliana de Lima. The International Association for Hospice
and Palliative Care List of Essential Medicines for Palliative Care.
Palliative Medicine 2006; 20: 647-651
Editorial.
Derek Doyle. The International Association for Hospice and Palliative
Care List of Essential Medicines for Palliative Care. Palliative Medicine
2006; 20: 645-646
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