Useful links

Our Brazilian counterpart's website, with useful information and quality bibliographic resources. A bridge to the other side of the Atlantic.

"The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) was established on 12 December 1988, with 42 founding members and following important initiatives by Professor Vittorio Ventafridda and the Floriani Foundation. The aim of the EAPC is to promote palliative care in Europe and to act as a focus for all of those who work, or have an interest, in the field of palliative care at the scientific, clinical and social levels."

Official page of the Hungarian Association for Palliative Care

The website of the Latin American Association of Palliative Care, which, among many positive features, contains a source of high-quality bibliographic resources.

"Health Professionals find it difficult to break bad news since it means telling an individual something that they do not wish to hear. They may have had little opportunity to learn the skills required and may feel ill prepared to deal with the patients' reactions, which can include anger, guilt, and blame of the bearer of the news. This website is designed to provide guidelines and practical suggestions on how to communicate any medical information effectively and compassionately, and respond to a patient and family's feelings and needs. good starting point would be to visit the guidelines section or you could visit the strategies section where you can hone your communications skills with a range of interactive learning examples."

“BMJ (topic collections - Palliative Medicine) "This site launched in May 1995 and contains the full text of all articles published in the weekly BMJ since January 1994. In addition, it contains material that is unique to the website."

“Center to Advance Palliative Care The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) is dedicated to increasing the availability of quality palliative care services in hospitals and other health care settings for people with life-threatening illnesses, their families, and caregivers.”

EPERC The purpose of EPERC is to share educational resource material among the community of health professional educators involved in palliative care education. Through your participation in this site, we seek to foster the continued development of palliative care education.

"The Regional Palliative Care Program (RPCP) is a community-based model of palliative care services designed to increase access to high quality, cost effective palliative care services. The program has focused on providing access to palliative care support in the home and in all region health care institutions, while shifting the main area of end-of-life care from acute care, to home and hospice (hospices are in continuing or long term care facilities). As outlined in the objectives below, the program addresses clinical, educational, research and operational areas."

Página de Facebook da Fundação Canária de Cuidados Paliativos, onde se coloca à disposição dos usuários diversos documentos de relevo na área dos cuidados paliativos, nomeadamente escalas de avaliação, protocolos de controlo de sintomas, entre outros. A explorar.

"Education Development Center, Inc. is an international, non-profit organization with more than 335 projects dedicated to enhancing learning, promoting health, and fostering a deeper understanding of the world."

Site que se dedica à divulgação da evolução história dos Cuidados Paliativos em Portugal, coordenado pelo Dr. Loureço Marques, director do Serviço de Medicina Paliativa do Hospital do Fundão-Centro Hospitalar da Cova da Beira

International Association for Hospice & Palliative Care We have a huge selection of information about hospice & palliative care services. Visit our Int l Directory, Book & Video Shop, Future Events, Journals and more!

Website destinado a profissionais de saúde que trabalham e se dedicam aos cuidados paliativos, com diversos conteúdos de interesse científico, nomeadamente um Journal Club de reconhecida qualidade.

Palliative Drugs "This site provides essential, comprehensive and independent information for health professionals about the use of drugs in palliative care. It highlights drugs given for unlicensed indications or by unlicensed routes and the administration of multiple drugs by continuous subcutaneous infusion."

Palliative.info Palliative.info offers an organized, up-to-date collection of links to palliative care resources on the internet, as well as locally developed palliative care material.

Instituição de referência nos Cuidados Paliativos no Reino Unido e no panorama internacional, com informações úteis, nomeadamente documentos, ações de formação entre outros.

Instituição de referência nos Cuidados Paliativos no Reino Unido e no panorama internacional, com informações úteis, nomeadamente documentos, ações de formação, entre outros.

SymptomControl.info The aim of this website is to inform doctors and other healthcare professionals about how to manage symptoms in seriously ill patients. It is written Marianne Klee MD, specialist in Palliative Medicine and Oncology. It is based on the available evidence and clinical guidelines. The text has been written for the site making it clinically relevant, flexible and easy to access.