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• COE: Council of Europe
  The COE is the oldest political European Organisation. The COE has 45 Member states and is distinct from the 15-nation European Union.
  • Recommendation REC 24 (2003) of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Organisation of Palliative Care
    A document approved and adopted on 12 November 2003 by all Ministers of Health in the 45 countries in the Council of Europe. Downloadable in multiple languages. Download in English(1.4 MB)
• EAPC: European Association for Palliative Care
  Representing more than 50,000 palliative care workers and volunteers from 40 countries.
• EPCRC: European Palliative Care Research Collaborative
  Improved treatment of pain, depression and fatigue through translation research.
• ESMO: European Society for Medical Oncology
  A network of more than 5,000 oncology professionals in over 100 countries.
  • ESMO Guide: "How to Get the Most out of Your Oncologist: a Guide for Patients with Advanced Cancer" (PDF 2 MB)
    For patients and their family members, it provides practical advice regarding cancer care, communicating with oncologists, important questions to ask, getting information and the challenges of living with an advanced cancer. For practising oncologists, the guide will serve as a tool to help focus important discussions with their patients and to assist in addressing the many issues their patients are confronting.
• European School of Oncology
  Oncology education of nurses and physicians.
• NPTN- Netwerk Palliatieve Zong voor Terminale Patient Nederland (in Dutch)
• Oncoline-Cancer Clinical practice guidelines in English (in Dutch)
  Oncoline is a website designed for the consultation of nation-wide guidelines from The Netherlands for the field of oncology and palliative care.

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