Category Archives: EAPC White Papers, Guidelines & Recommendations

Making connections – EAPC President visits the European Parliament

Posted on March 7, 2017 by pallcare

Professor Philip Larkin, President of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC), highlights some European Parliament initiatives that may offer opportunities for the EAPC to be seen as an authority on the delivery and practice of palliative care. Once in … Continue reading →

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Palliative care for people with intellectual disabilities: The EAPC White Paper in a nutshell

Posted on February 22, 2016 by pallcare

Irene Tuffrey-Wijne is Associate Professor, Kingston University & St George’s University of London, and Chair of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Intellectual Disabilities. Here, she explains the background to her  longer article published in the January/February … Continue reading →

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Euthanasia and assisted suicide – the struggle continues

Posted on November 30, 2015 by pallcare

Today, we publish the final post in our special series to mark the publication of the EAPC’s latest white paper on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide Lukas Radbruch (Germany), Carlo Leget (The Netherlands), Patrick Bahr (Germany) and Paul Vanden Berghe (Belgium, … Continue reading →

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Euthanasia – legal regulations and practices

Posted on November 25, 2015 by pallcare

Here’s the third post in our special series to mark the publication of the EAPC’s latest white paper on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Lukas Radbruch (Germany), Carlo Leget (The Netherlands), Patrick Bahr (Germany) and Paul Vanden Berghe (Belgium, who are … Continue reading →

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Assisted suicide – legal regulations and practices

Posted on November 23, 2015 by pallcare

Here’s the second post in our special series to mark the publication of the EAPC’s latest white paper on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide Lukas Radbruch (Germany), Carlo Leget (The Netherlands), Patrick Bahr (Germany) and Paul Vanden Berghe (Belgium), who are all … Continue reading →

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