Example 4: Integration of Patients’ Rights Standards in Hospice Accreditation in South Africa Project Type: Standard-setting The Organizations Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) Cape Town, South Africa Email: info@hpca.co.zo Website: www.hospicepalliativecaresa.co.za/ Hospice and Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA). Founded in 1988, the HPCA is a professional membership organization for hospice and palliative care organizations. It operates in all nine provinces of South Africa and has 189…
Example 5: Integrating Legal Services into Palliative Care
Example 5: Integrating Legal Services into Palliative Care Project Type: Legal Services The Organization Kenya Hospices & Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) Nairobi, Kenya Email: info@kehpca.org Website: www.kehpca.org Founded in 2005, the Kenya Hospices & Palliative Care Association (KHPCA) is a national advocacy organization that works to represent palliative care providers in Kenya. The mission of KHPCA is to make palliative care available to those who are in need by making palliative care…
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Example 6: Advocating for Access to Pain Relief Through United Nations Mechanisms
Example 6: Advocating for Access to Pain Relief Through United Nations Mechanisms Project Type: Advocacy The Organization Human Rights Watch New York, USA Website: www.hrw.org …
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Palliative Care Resources
Palliative Care Resources A. International Instruments Binding UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961; amended 1972). www.unodc.org/unodc/en/treaties/single-convention.html. Nonbinding UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 3: HIV/AIDS and the Rights of the Child, CRC/GC/2003/3 (March 17, 2003). www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/comments.htm. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, General Comment No. 4: Adolescent Health, CRC/GC/2003/4 (July 1, 2003). www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/crc/comments.htm. UN Economic and Social Council,…
Palliative Care Key Terms
Palliative Care Key Terms A Acute pain Pain that has a known cause and occurs for a limited time. It usually responds to analgesic medications and treatment of the cause of the pain. Addiction A commonly used term describing a pattern of drug use that indicates physical or mental dependence. It is not a diagnostic term and is no longer used by the World Health Organization (WHO). Advance medical directives…