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Palliative Care
Palliative care with European physicians involved in geriatric palliative care
Leader: Sophie Pautex Ruth Piers
Objectives
- Develop links between national and European palliative care and geriatric societies (share of information, expertise and innovations)
- To offer advice to EuGMS and national European geriatric societies to improve geriatric palliative care
- To offer advice via EuGMS to European policy makers, governments and health care planers to improve geriatric palliative care
- Establish a research network for geriatric palliative care
- To collect and disseminate evidence and guidelines
- To find financial support
Outcomes
- Survey on management and decision-making in frail older persons during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Survey on specific competencies in palliative care for geriatricians
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Symposium in the EuGMS congress
Projects & Events
- Specific competencies for geriatricians
- Symposia in congresses
- Link with EAPC
Next meeting of the group
Next Meeting 17th EuGMS International Congress, Athens October 11-13 - SIG Collateral Meeting - OPEN- OCT 11th from 11.30am to 01.00pm CEST
Publications
Albers G, Froggatt K, Van den Block L, Gambassi G, Vanden Berghe P, Pautex S, Van den Noortgate N (2016). An exploration of the collaborative working between palliative care and geriatric medicine. Barriers and facilitators. BMC Palliative care 2016;15:47
N° of Members
24
