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Other resources
The UK Forum for Hospice and Palliative Care Worldwide
Hospice House, 34-44 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JG
Contact: Nick Pahl
Email: n.pahl@helpthehospices.org.uk
The Forum, established as part of Help the Hospices, is a national and representative
body that assists the work of organisations and individuals based in the UK who support
hospices and palliative care services overseas. Works closely with hospice information
- see below.
hospice information
(A joint venture between St Christopher's Hospice and Help the Hospices)
St Christopher's Hospice
51-59 Lawrie Park Road
London SE26 6DZ
Tel: + 44 (0)870 903 3 903 Fax: + 44 (0)20 8776 9345
Email: info@hospiceinformation.info Website: www.hospiceinformation.info
Provides information, contacts, advice and publications that may be useful to overseas
services and to those wishing to develop 'Twinning' links. Publications include UK and international directories. hospice information bulletin, our quarterly newsletter, includes news of the international hospice scene and has a wide overseas readership.
We are pleased to publish requests for prospective "twins" and suggest that you send a
photograph of your hospice, or the team, together with a description of the services you
provide, countries in which you are interested and any languages spoken.
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
4700 W. Lake Avenue
Glenview
IL 60025-1485
USA
Tel: 847/375-4712 Fax: 888/466-7574
Website: www.aahpm.org
AAHPM’s membership includes nearly 2,500 physicians and other medical professionals dedicated to excellence in palliative medicine and the prevention and relief of patient and family suffering. Since 1988, AAHPM has supported hospice and palliative medicine through advancement of clinical practice standards, fostering research, providing education, and through public policy advocacy.
AORTIC Africa
P O Box 186
7701
South Africa
Tel: +27 21 689-5359 Fax: +27 21 689-5350
E-mail: aortic@telkomsa.net
Website: www.aortic.org
AORTIC Africa, formed by expatriate African cancer care workers, scientists and their friends, is dedicated to the promotion of cancer control in Africa. AORTIC's key objectives are to further research relating to cancers prevalent in Africa; support the management of training programs in oncology for health care workers, and to deal with the challenges of creating cancer control and prevention programs, as well as raising public awareness of cancer in Africa. AORTIC also has offices in Egypt and Cameroon, for more information please visit their website.
Oxford International center for Palliative Care (OIPC)
Sir Michael Sobell House, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ
Tel: 01865 225886 Fax: 01865 225599 Email: ssc@orh.nhs.uk
Contact: Mrs Catherine Foot
OIPC provides research-based education and training for health professionals in the UK
and internationally. It has a network of 'special link' centers throughout the world and
runs a wide range of courses on all aspects of palliative care.
Twinning Section. Local Government International Bureau
Local Government House
Smith Square
London SW1P 3HZ
Tel: 020 7664 3100 Fax: 020 7664 3128 Email: enquiries@lgib.co.uk
The Bureau provides advice to local authorities in the UK on European and International
policies and issues. Its publications include a List of Twinnings by Country which will
help you to identify any official town twinning links that may already exist with the
town/borough in which your hospice is situated. It may be worth considering a 'twinning'
with a hospice in a town that is already twinned with your local town in order to benefit
from any existing reciprocal arrangements. hospice information holds a copy of the List
of Twinnings by Country.
International Association For Hospice And Palliative Care (IAHPC)
Dept of Symptom Control & Palliative Care, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard Box 08, Houston TX 77030, USA
Tel: 00 1 713 339 2006 Fax: 00 1 713 339 9041
Email: LIDELIMA@aol.com Website: www.hospicecare.com
Executive Director: Dr Liliana de Lima MHA; President: Dr Eduardo Bruera
Assists the development of hospice and palliative care in the developing world through
educational initiatives, travelling fellowships and scholars and website. Produces on-line
newsletter for members.
The Open Society Institute Project on Death in America
400 West 59th Street, New York 10019, USA
Contact: Mary Callaway
Fax: 00 1 212 548 4613; Email: Mcallaway@sorosny.org
Supports the work of palliative care services in Eastern Europe.
EAPC Palliative Care in Eastern Europe
Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation, Mariebergsgatan 22, S-112 35 Stockholm
Sweden
center Manager: Sylvia Sauter
Tel: 00 46 (0)8 617 12 00; Fax: 00 46 (0)8 617 93 33
Email: sylvia.sauter@stockholmssjukhem.a.se
European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) funded project to develop palliative
care within east and central Europe.
Australasian Palliative Care Link (APLI)
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrew's Place Locked Bag 1, East Melbourne, Victoria 8006, Australia
Chair: Dr Odette Spruyt
Tel: 00 61 (0)3 96 56 1111; Fax: 00 61 (0)3 96 56 1998
Email: odettespruyt@petermac.unimelb.edu.au
A group of palliative care personnel interested in the development of palliative care
globally. Aims to encourage links between individuals and services in developed and
developing countries. Publishes 'The APLI News'
The value of international links
Helping patients to fulfil one last dream can be an equally important part of palliative
care. But what happens when that dream is a holiday in another country, thousands of
miles away from your local hospice team? This is where the value of international links
with hospices is so important, giving patients the confidence to travel knowing that
support is there.
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