Category Archives: Education and training

Budapest Commitments: the status in Denmark

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Mette Asbjoern Neergaard, Tove Bahn Vejlgaard, Bodil Abild Jespersen, Anette Damkier, Henrik Larsen, Trine Brogaard, Mogens Groenvold and Per Sjogren are members of the Danish Palliative Care Research Network. Here they explain how their network contributes to the scientific development … Continue reading →

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Leadership – from necessary evil to valuable service

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Petra Roesler, Training Coordinator, Kardinal König Akademie, Vienna, Austria. Who exactly am I as a leader in palliative care or a hospice setting? A partner, a boss, or a mere servant? In late November 2012, twelve managers from Albania, Czech … Continue reading →

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A social work first in the Republic of Serbia

Posted on December 16, 2012 by

Pam Firth, Co-Chair EAPC Task Force on Palliative Care Social Work and Honorary Lecturer in Health Research, International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University, UK, reports on the first government accredited course in palliative care for social workers … Continue reading →

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A night with the stars – fundraising in Serbia

Posted on December 12, 2012 by

Zoran Purković, Director, BELhospice, Serbia, explains how the hospice is not just pioneering palliative care – it’s starting a trend for fundraising too. It is just eight years since BELhospice opened its doors as the first specialised charity in Serbia to … Continue reading →

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ATOME Greece: National Symposium to Improve Access to Opioid Medication

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Saskia Jünger, health scientist at the University Hospital of Bonn (Germany) and member of the ATOME Project Management Team; Marjolein Vranken, pharmacist and lawyer at the Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (the Netherlands) and member of the ATOME team; Aliki … Continue reading →

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