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Organization
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Web site
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Australia
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Palliative Care Australia
Language: English
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http://www.pallcare.org.au
PCA released its first edition of Standards for Providing Quality Palliative Care for all Australians in 1994. The fourth edition of these standards defines the relationship between primary care providers and specialist palliative care services. In addition, these Standards establish networks of care so that patients can be cared for appropriately according to their need and diagnoses. For a full picture, this document should be read in conjunction with A Guide to Palliative Care Service Development: A Population Based Approach and the Service Provision in Australia: A Planning Guide, found on the Publications page of the PCA Web site.
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Austria
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Hospiz Öesterreich
Language: German
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http://www.hospiz.at/
The following documents can be found by selecting “Standards” on your left hand side menu options: Mindestanforderungen für die Einsatzkoordination”, “Standards für Pflegepersonen – stationär”, “Standards für Pflegepersonen – mobil”, “Standards Sozialarbeit im Bereich Palliative Care”, “Berufsprofil Sozialarbeit im Bereich Palliative Care”, “Standards für die Befähigung ehrenamtlicher MitarbeiterInnen”, “Strukturqualitätskriterien für Stationäre Hospize” & “ÖBIG - Abgestufte Hospiz- und Palliativversorgung in Österreich”
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Canada
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Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Languages: English, French
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http://www.chpca.net/public_policy_advocacy/pan-canadian_gold_standards/Gold_Standards_Palliative_Home_Care.pdf (PDF)
The gold standards of the CHPCA are the ideal level of care deserved by all patients and families receiving hospice palliative care. The standards include timely access to care at home (including pharmaceuticals and equipment), interdisciplinary palliative care teams to meet the unique needs of patients, ongoing education for those providing palliative care, information systems to aid palliative care teams to evaluate end-of-life care, and support for ongoing research and best practices including cultural, ethical, and spiritual concerns.
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Germany
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Bundesarbeitsgemein-schaft Hospize.V.
Language: German
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http://www.hospiz.net/gesetze/index.html
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Hungary
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Hungarian Hospice Palliative Organization
Languages: Hungarian, English
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http://www.hospice.hu/english/hospice_in_hu.php?almenu=4#szoveg
The first version of the Professional Guidelines for the Palliative Care of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients was created in 2000. The second edition is more comprehensive than the first, defining palliative care from material needs to guidelines for pain relief. It also establishes the rights of patients, including alleviation of pain, keeping contacts, information, autonomy/self-determination, and refusal of treatments (including a living will).
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Ireland
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Irish Hospice Foundation
Language: English
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http://hospicefoundation.biznetservers.com/up_documents/standards_bereavement_care.pdf (PDF)
The Standards for Bereavement Care is a set of guidelines for bereavement care workers to ensure that their work is ethical, safe, and appropriate for the situation.
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Italy
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Federazione Cure Palliative (FEDCP)
Language: Italian
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http://www.fedcp.org/normative.htm
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Japan
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Hospice Palliative Care Japan
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Contact: Mrs.TatsukoMatsushima
jahpcu@angel.ne.jp (email address)
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Moldova
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Association Second Breath Moldova
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Contact: Mrs. Irina Baiclau
secondbr@beltsy.md (email address)
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Netherlands
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National Information Center for Palliative Care
Language: Dutch
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http://www.palliatief.nl/nationaal/index.htm?mid=412
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New Zealand
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Hospice New Zealand
Language: English
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http://www.hospice.org.nz/standards-for-the-provision-of-hospice-palliative-/
First established in 1987, the New Zealand standards ‘provide both an explanation of the hospice philosophy and practice and the basis of establishing, evaluating and developing services to meet the complex needs of patients, whanau/families and caregivers.’
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Norway
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Norsk Forening for Palliativ Medisin
Languages: Norwegian, English
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http://www.palliativmed.org/index.gan?id=81727&subid=0
The Standard for Palliative Care measures quality indicators in regards to structure, process, and results. Such quality indicators include pain and symptom management, accurate and complete information for patients and family members, grief therapy and bereavement care, and organizational excellence.
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Poland
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Polish Association for Palliative Care
Language: Polish
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http://www.oncology.am.poznan.pl/ecept
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Poland
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Warsaw Hospice for Children and Department of Palliative Care
Language: Polish
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http://www.hospicjum.waw.pl/code/glowna.php?ID1=3&ID2=0&ID3=0
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Romania
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Asociata Nationala de Ingrijire Palliative
Languages: Romanian, English
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http://www.nhpco.org/files/public/national_standards.doc (pdf)
The National Standards in Palliative Care are a core of basic requirements for quality palliative care services, rather than an ultimate standard to aim for. It includes standards for access to care; addressing physical, psychosocial/emotional, spiritual, and social needs of patients and families; the use of an interdisciplinary team, an established care plan; continuity of care; safety and infection control; appropriate medication, equipment, and consumables; governance and management of hospice services; performance improvement; a record of services; ethical issues; appropriate settings for services; financial and human resources; education and training; staff and care provider support; as well as pediatric palliative care.
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Scotland
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Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care
Language: English
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http://www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/publications/index.htm
The primary document, National Care Standards, was revised in 2005 and covers dignity, privacy, choice, safety, releasing potential, and equality and diversity. Other documents include national practice statements for adult care homes, a report on public knowledge of palliative care in Scotland, palliative care in community hospitals, palliative care for people with learning disabilities, palliative care for young people as well as clinical standards for specialist palliative care.
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Singapore
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Singapore Hospice Council
Language: Mandarin
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http://www.singaporehospice.org.sg/
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South Africa
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Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa
Language: English
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http://www.hospicepalliativecaresa.co.za
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Spain
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Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos
Language: Spanish
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http://www.secpal.com/guiacp/index.php
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Sweden
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Swedish Association for Palliative Care
Language: Swedish
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http://www.stockholmssjukhem.se/
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Switzerland
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Swiss Society for Palliative Care
Language: German
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http://www.palliative.ch/uni_pdf/standards_de.pdf (pdf)
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Taiwan
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Hospice Foundation of Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
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http://www.hospice.org.tw/
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United Kingdom
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Help the Hospices, UK
Language: English
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http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/working/index.asp?submenu=3
The Help the Hospice webpage provides links to resources such as information packs, audit tools and a patient survey developed specially for voluntary hospices; sharing ideas such as tools, policies and practical case studies of quality projects; quality tools produced by a variety of organizations to improve quality of care, and a Quality and Standards Bulletin, updated at least annually.
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United States of America
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National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Language: English
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http://www.nhpco.org/marketplace
The Standards of Practice for Hospice Programs includes information on access rights and ethics, crosswalk of standards, hospice inpatient facilities, human resources, the hospice interdisciplinary team, and leadership and governance. It also provides ways to set benchmarks and complete self-assessments as tools to improve care.
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United States of America
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National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care
Language: English
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http://www.nationalconsensusproject.org/
The National Consensus Project combined information from five major United States palliative care organizations. The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care describes the core precepts and structures of clinical palliative care programs. The Guidelines define palliative care and suggest its role alongside traditional medicine.
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Wales
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Cancer Services Coordinating Group
Language: English
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http://book.pallcare.info/
The Palliative Medicine Handbook was adopted by the All-Wales Palliative Medicine Group as their prescribing guidelines.
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