The following list includes the standards for Palliative and Hospice Care in several countries around the world.

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Fair Tests of Treatments in Health Care(pdf document)

The Conduct of Systematic Research in Science (pdf document)

Australia

Audit document:
Palliative Care Australia: Self Assessment Service Audit in Palliative Care.
Pilot Project, Dec, 2001
CD-ROM
Contact: e-mail: pcainc@pallcare.org.au
www.pallcare.org.au

National Standards and Quality Project
(Australia)
http://www.pallcare.org.au/Default.aspx?tabid=312

 

Canada

2001 Proposed Norms of Practice for Practice for Hospice Palliative Care (Canadian Palliative Care Association Standards Committee)
http://www.chpca.net/

Hospice Palliative Care Nursing Standards of Practice, Feb 2002 (Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Association Nursing Standards Committee)
http://www.chpca.net/

A Model to Guide Hospice Palliative Care
Click Here

 

Hungary

Palliative Care of Terminally ill Patients suffering from malignant tumours. Professional Guidelines, 2nd edition, April, 2002. (Hungarian hospice - Palliative Association)
Language: Hungarian, English
http://www.hospice.hu/english/hosp12_en.htm

 

Italy

Recommendations and minimal prerequisites for palliative care in Italy (Societa italiana di Cure Palliative, Federazione Cure Palliative ONLUS)
Language: Italian
http://www.fedcp.org/normative.htm

 

Japan

Contact: Mrs. TatsukoMatsushima jahpcu@angel.ne.jp

 

Moldova

A guide to palliative care (Recommended by council of experts at the
Ministry of Health, Moldova, 2002)
Language: Romanian
Contact: Mrs. Irina Baiclau secondbr@beltsy.md

The Polish Standards of Pediatric Palliative Care. 1999 (Dangel T: Warsaw Hospice for Children and Department of Palliative Care. National Institute for Mother and child, Warsaw, Poland)
Language: Polish, summary in English
Contact: dangle@medianet.pl
www.hospicjum.waw.pl

 

Romania

National standards in palliative care, Romanian National Palliative Care Association in co-operation with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organisation in the USA.
Language: Romanian, English
http://www.nhpco.org/files/public/national_standards.doc (ms.word)

 

Scotland

Clinical Standards: Specialist Palliative Care (Clinical Standards Board for Scotland, 2002)
Language: English
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1095/0001719.pdf(pdf document)

 

Scotland

National Care Standards: Hospice Care. ( The National Care Standards Committee at Scottish Ministers, 2002)
Language: English
www.palliativecarescotland.org.uk/publications/

 

Spain

Estrategia Nacional de Cuidados Paliativos (in Spanish)
www.hospicecare.com/resources/pdf-docs/espanae_strategia.pdf (161 pages - pdf document)
Language: Spanish

 

Switzerland

Standards. Grundsätze und Richtlinien für Palliative Medizin, Pflege und Begleitung in der Schweiz. März 2001 (Arbeitsgruppe "Standards" der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Palliative Medizin, Pflege und Begleitung SGPMPB)
Language: German, French
http://www.palliative.ch/uni_pdf/standards_de.pdf (pdf document)

 

United Kingdom

Trent Hospice Audit Group
Palliative Care Core Standards. A Multidisciplinary Approach. For Trent Hospice Audit Group: Ahmedzai SH, Hunt J, Keeley V. The University of Sheffield, Second Edition, 1998.
Language: English.
Contact: john.hunt@sheffield.ac.uk

 

United States of America

Compendium of Health Care Organization Guidelines and Position Statements on Issues Related to the Care of the Dying. Last acts, 2001.
www.lastacts.org

Crosswalk of JCACHO Standards and Palliative Care. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2004.
Click Here(pdf document)

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Standards for Social Work Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
http://www.naswdc.org/practice/bereavement/standards/default.asp

National Consensus Project: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 2004
http://www.nationalconsensusproject.org/Guideline.pdf(pdf document)