Revised recommendations on standards and norms for palliative care in Europe from the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC): A Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2009, the EAPC published recommendations on standards and norms for palliative care in Europe, and a decade later, wished to update them to reflect contemporary practice.

Aim

To elicit consensus on standards and norms for palliative care in Europe, taking account of developments since 2009.

Design

A Delphi technique used three sequential online survey rounds, and a final expert consultation (EAPC Board). The original 2009 questionnaire with 134 statements was updated with 13 new concepts and practices following a scoping of the literature between 2009 and 2020 (total: 147 statements).

Setting/participants

One contact of Boards of 52 national European organisations affiliated to the EAPC were invited to participate, with subsequent rounds sent to r

SUBMITTER: Payne S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature