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Libri Oncologici : Croatian Journal of Oncology, Vol. 38 No. 1-3, 2010.

Original scientific paper

Pain and palliative medicine – tempus project in Croatia

Jasminka Stepan ; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Diana Butković ; Department of Anestesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Care, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Srđan Rogošić ; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Marta Benko ; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Filip Jadrijević ; Department of Hematology and Oncology, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Matolić ; Department of Anestesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Care, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
Raffaele DeGaudio ; Critical Care Department, Section of Anesthesiology and IC, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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Abstract

Pain and Palliative Medicine Project (PPMP), funded by the TEMPUS programme of the European Union, has been established with a goal of sharing knowledge and experience from countries in which palliative care is already substantially developed to partner countries whose palliative care encountered more problems. Croatia as partner country, has tried to improve national palliative care systems through education of medical and non-medical personnel.
Protocols of collaboration and training courses in pain management and palliative medicine at the Universities of Florence and Lyon, including options of collaboration with some university and clinical institutions in Croatia have been presented.
After their two-year project, the Croatian team has noted significant progress in the fields of education, infrastructure and legislative support for development of palliative care. These results show the need for improving Croatian palliative care system as well as possible solutions for overcoming obstacles derived from nation’s traditional views on the treatment of the terminally ill.

Keywords

palliative care; pain; interdisciplinarity

Hrčak ID:

278642

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/278642

Publication date:

21.10.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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