1.1 International progress in creating palliative medicine as a specialized discipline.

Question 1

1. What does EAPC stand for?

2. What does the EAPC do?

Answer 1

1. European Association of Palliative Care
2. Works closely with international organizations to review and document the progress of palliative care, largely by collecting and presenting comparative data from country to country.

Question 2

What are the challenges in comparing progress in palliative care from region to region?

Answer 2

Role of human emotions when collecting data causing bias.
Difficulties with standardizing terminology related to hospice and palliative care services.
Ranking tools and categorization methods requiring refinement.
Lack of data for certain countries.
Vast majority of data originating from palliative care activists.

Question 3

What does ATOME stand for?

Answer 3

Access to Opioid Medications Europe project.

Question 4

Which countries are involved in ATOME? (12)

Answer 4

Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia 
Serbia
Bulgaria
Greece
Turkey 
Cyprus
Hungary

Question 5

What does the ATOME project do?

Answer 5

Informed WHO guidelines on ensuring balance in national policies on controlled substances (balancing risk of drug abuse and diversion with access to those needing opioid analgesics)

Question 6

What does IPCI stand for?

Answer 6

International Palliative Care Initiative

Question 7

What is the goal of the IPCI?

Answer 7

To integrate palliative care into national healthcare systems.

Question 8

What are the three components of curriculum?

Answer 8

Formal
Informal
Hidden

Question 9

When and where did the first Palliative Care Team form?

Answer 9

1976

Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal

Question 10

Name the first to hospices to open.

Answer 10

Our Lady’s Hospice (Dublin)

St. Joseph’s Hospice (London)