German Association for Palliative Medicine: Information in English

spenden The German Association for Palliative Medicine introduces itself

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Palliativmedizin (the name is abbreviated as DGP), the German Association for Palliative Medicine, founded in 1994, works across disciplines with a range of professionals: More than 6.000 members from the fiels of medicine, nursing and further professional groups work closely together.

55 percent of the members are physicians, almost 30 percent are involved in care services and a further 15 percent work in other professions (amongst others psychology, spiritual welfare, social work, physiotherapy, pharmacology and law).

The agenda of this scientific association is to promote the interdisciplinary development of palliative medicine/palliative care in a wide range of areas. The academic discipline of palliative medicine aims to further develop the comprehensive care of seriously ill and dying people, their family and their friends.

Palliative care focusses on the optimum treatment and support of the critically ill and the dying as well as their relatives.

German Association for Palliative Medicine:

Focussing on patients and families

Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, German Cancer Society and German Cancer Aid: German Guideline Program in Oncology (GGPO)

Evidenced-based Guideline: Palliative Care for patients with incurable cancer

Leading professional society: German Association for Palliative Medicine

German Association for Palliative Medicine, German Hospice and Palliative Care Association, German Medical Association:

Charter for the Care of the critically Ill and the Dying in Germany

German Association for Palliative Medicine:

Wegweiser Hospiz- und Palliativversorgung Deutschland: Who provides what in the field of hospice and palliative care?

Dr. Constanze Rémi MSc und Prof. Dr. Claudia Bausewein PhD MSc,
Kompetenzzentrum Palliativpharmazie mit Zentralstelle Off-Label-Use,
Department of Palliative Medicine, LMU Hospital Munich, Germany & German Association for Palliative Medicine:

Off-Label-Use in Palliative Medicine

EAPC Task Force on Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care in Europe, German Association for Palliative Medicine, German Hospice and Palliative Care Association, Hospice Austria