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How can palliative care be increased in a country that allows euthanasia?
In Belgium, palliative care is provided in a variety of settings (hospital, home, nursing home) in response to the demand of many patients to be able to choose where they receive this specific care. However, reports published by the Federal Centre of Expertise for Health Care (KCE) in recent years...
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World Palliative Care Day: “It's about reducing suffering, not ending life”
October 12, 2024 is World Hospice Palliative Care Day. To mark the occasion, the three Belgian palliative care federations in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders have relaunched a national campaign to spread a more positive...
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“End of life stories” to prepare for death: the Amfora association renews the approach to palliative care
What is important to me? How do I see my life? What does death mean to me? These existential questions can be difficult to address at the very end of life. Yet they are essential and can help us to live through this...
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Does the Belgian model of integrated palliative care distort palliative care practice?
The purpose of this report is to describe the Belgian model of end of life care that, since 2002, has aimed at developing "palliative care for all", while nonetheless authorizing the practice of euthanasia under certain...
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Ethical points in caring for people nearing death
Issues linked to ageing and the end of life are complex and sometimes painful. The questions surrounding this topic are sensitive and cannot have a simple response. They challenge our sense of solidarity and our ingenuity in seeking ways and means to express true compassion and act appropriately.
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Ethical points of reference in caring for people nearing the end of life
English translation of the IEB Paper: "Accompanying people at the end of life: ethical points of reference"