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| Hospice care in eastern Europe | | Author(s) | Jacek Luczak, Gillian Petrie Hunter |
| Journal title | The Lancet, vol 356, Supplement, December 2000 |
| Pages | p s23 (Review 2000) |
| Annotation | A brief article outlining the palliative care movement in Eastern Europe which started in the communist era. Following a visit by Dame Cicely Saunders to the Krakow Oncological Hospital, the independent hospice movement took root in Poland. Since 1990 the movement has spread to Hungary, Russia and the European post-communist countries, even reaching the countries of the Soviet Union in Asia, where many obstacles had to be overcome of an ethnic, religious and ritualistic nature. Despite the progress, there is a continuing need to support local and national initiatives by WHO, EAPC (European Association for Palliative Care) and ECEPT (Eastern and Central Europe Palliative Care Task Force). (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060317203 A |
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