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The Israel Cancer Association's role as a volunteer organization in forecasting, establishing, implementing and upgrading palliative care services in Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2012

Livia Kislev ,
Aliza Yaffe ,
Miri Ziv  and
Alexander Waller
Livia Kislev*
Affiliation:
Israel Cancer Association, Medical Director Home Care Hospice and Hostel, Tel Aviv University
Aliza Yaffe
Affiliation:
Israel Cancer Association, Medical Director Home Care Hospice and Hostel, Tel Aviv University
Miri Ziv
Affiliation:
Israel Cancer Association, Medical Director Home Care Hospice and Hostel, Tel Aviv University
Alexander Waller
Affiliation:
Israel Cancer Association, Medical Director Home Care Hospice and Hostel, Tel Aviv University
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Livia Kislev, 7 Revivim St. Givatayim, Israel, 53103. E-mail: livia_k@cancer.org.il
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Abstract

The Israel Cancer Association has contributed, as a key player, to the establishment and upgrade of palliative care in Israel. The aim of this article is to describe the involvement and contribution of the ICA, as a volunteer organization, from a clinical, educational, legal, and organizational perspective. Another main goal of this survey is to shed light on the palliative care network in Israel, in each one of these infrastructures.

Keywords

Palliative careIsrael Cancer AssociationClinicalEducationalLegal and organizational infrastructures
Type
Original Articles
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 367 - 371
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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