Sich besser verstehen, auch ohne die gleiche Sprache zu sprechen: Das ist das Ziel des Patienten-Arzt-Booklets 'Beim Arzt in Deutschland'. Das gegenseitige Verständnis zwischen Arzt und Patient, und damit der Weg zur Diagnose, soll vereinfacht werden. Wichtig dabei: Der kulturelle Hintergrund. Wie... beeinflusst etwa der religiöse Hintergrund die Medikamenteneinnahme? Die Broschüre ist praxiserprobt, kann aber nicht jeder Situation gerecht werden.more
This report is produced by the UNDAC Team in Lima. It is developed in collaboration with the partners of the National Humanitarian Network (RHN). It covers the period from 27 to 30 March 2017. The next report will be issued around April 3, 2017
The second edition of the WHPCA Global Atlas of Palliative Care was launched during World Hospice & Palliative Care Day 10 October. The Atlas is an update of the original WHPCA/WHO Global Atlas of Palliative care at the end of life published in 2014. It is full of useful facts and figures to support... palliative care advocacy and development. In this edition we have switched from using the WHO methodology for need for palliative care to the evolving Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief methodology. As a result the number of people needing palliative care has gone from 40 million per year to almost 57 million and more accurately reflects the need for palliative care globally models of palliative care worldwide? What resources are devoted to palliative care? What is the way forward?more