Challenges in Palliative Care Postgraduate Education in Latin America – Time for Collaboration
Journal Title: Palliative Medicine & Hospice Care – Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
On May 24th, 2014, the World Health Assembly (WHA) issued the resolution 67.19: “Strengthening of palliative care (PC) as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course”,1 which crowned the efforts of hundreds of professionals who have worked to extending the field of PC and making it available to everyone, throughout the continuum of care and across all levels. The ultimate goal of this resolution was to promote the relief of people´s suffering due to illness, as an integral part of health care, and to provide the human, physical and economic resources in order to attain this objective. To achieve this aim, the assembly encouraged the State Members, among other initiatives, to include PC as an integral component of education and training offered to health care providers (HCP), according to whether the educational need is basic, intermediate or specialty level. Therefore, providing better PC education in all three levels is an essential step to extend PC and to alleviate the suffering of people around the globe.
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Pedro E. Pérez-Cruz
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