2004
Programa Argentino de Medicina Paliativa
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Fundacion FEMEBA (Argentina)
The Programa Argentino de Medicina Paliativa is under the direction of Dr. Roberto Wenk and was established in 1983. The program FEMEBA is divided into three care centers: Hospital Tornu in Buenos Aires, Hospital Sommer in the outskirts of the city and a Home Care program in San Nicolas. The Hospital Tornu and Sommer provide inpatient and outpatient care, and all three provide home care to patients who are able to stay at home. The mission of the Program is to provide good quality palliative care, provide professional education and work in research in clinical, nursing and psychological issues. Three different multidisciplinary groups provide care to patients of low socioeconomic status by subsidizing medications and other costs. With the hard work of the professionals who work at FEMEBA who have committed themselves to palliative care and under the leadership of Dr. Wenk, the program has become a role model for the rest of the country and Latin America.
