Setting practice standards for palliative care in Lebanon--recommendations of the Subcommittee on Practice --National Committee for Pain Control and Palliative Care

Hibah Osman; Miguel Abboud; Lama El Zein; Husam Ghusn; Janane Hanna; Ghassan Kanazi

doi:10.12816/0001458

Setting practice standards for palliative care in Lebanon--recommendations of the Subcommittee on Practice --National Committee for Pain Control and Palliative Care

J Med Liban. 2013 Oct-Dec;61(4):199-203. doi: 10.12816/0001458.

Authors

Hibah Osman¹, Miguel Abboud², Lama El Zein³, Husam Ghusn⁴, Janane Hanna⁵, Ghassan Kanazi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Balsam-Lebanese Center for Palliative Care, Beirut, Lebanon. h.osman@balsam-lb.org
² Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Center of Family and Community Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY USA.
⁴ Department of Geriatrics, Ain Wazein Hospital, El Chouf, Lebanon.
⁵ Balsam-Lebanese Center for Palliative Care, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, AUB, Lebanon.

PMID: 24428073
DOI: 10.12816/0001458

Abstract

Palliative care is in the early stages of development in Lebanon. The National Committee for Pain Control and Palliative Care (NCPCPC) was established under the Ministry of Public Health to work towards the development of palliative care. This paper summarizes the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Practice of the NCPCPC regarding hospital standards and provider competencies in palliative care. The authors propose actions that should be taken to implement these recommendations to help move palliative care forward in the country.

MeSH terms

Advisory Committees
Certification
Clinical Competence / standards
Hospitals / standards
Humans
Lebanon
Palliative Care / organization & administration
Palliative Care / standards*