Citation

Richter KK, Sommerfeldt A, Wedding U. Onkologe 2016; 22(7): 499-506.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016)

DOI

10.1007/s00761-016-0068-7

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Australia and New Zealand have a long and rich tradition of hospice care and palliative medicine. Hospices were originally founded by Christian nuns. Today, being centrally coordinated, care is founded on evidence-based principles and funding is divided to meet the needs of the people served. Current challenges include the rapidly aging population which suffers from a variety of chronic nonmalignant diseases, the assurance of adequate financing, and the debate on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. In Germany as in Down Under, a future-oriented uniform strategy is necessary in order to ensure that palliative care --with participation from all palliative medicine and hospice programs --is recognized as an integral part of the healthcare system, is promoted in aged and nursing home care, and is delivered to ethnic minorities in a culturally sensitive. © 2016, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Language: de

Keywords

human; assisted suicide; nursing home; Palliative care; euthanasia; elderly care; ethnic group; palliative therapy; geriatric patient; financial management; health care system; Pain management; Hospice; hospice care; Article; Health services for the aged; Australia and New Zealand; Homes for the aged