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Palliative care for all: An international health education challenge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Stephen Mason ,
Piret Paal Open the ORCID record for Piret Paal [Opens in a new window] ,
Frank Elsner ,
Cathy Payne ,
Julie Ling ,
Antonio Noguera  and
Daniela Mosoiu
Stephen Mason
Affiliation:
European Association for Palliative Care, Vilvoorde, Belgium University of Liverpool, Palliative Care Institute Liverpool Unit, Liverpool, UK
Piret Paal*
Affiliation:
Paracelsus Medical Private University, Salzburg, Austria
Frank Elsner
Affiliation:
Department of Palliative Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Cathy Payne
Affiliation:
European Association for Palliative Care, Vilvoorde, Belgium All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care, Dublin, Ireland
Julie Ling
Affiliation:
European Association for Palliative Care, Vilvoorde, Belgium
Antonio Noguera
Affiliation:
University of Navarra, University Clinic, Pamplona, Spain ATLANTES Research Programme, Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain IdiSNA, Pamplona, Spain
Daniela Mosoiu
Affiliation:
Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University,Brasov, Romania
*
Author for correspondence: Piret Paal, WHO Collaborating Centre at the Institute for Nursing Science and Practice, Paracelsus Medical Private University in Salzburg, Strubergasse 21, 5020Salzburg, Austria. E-mail: piret.paal@pmu.ac.at
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 760 - 762
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