National and Professional Associations in Lithuania
The Lithuanian Palliative Medicine Association was established in 1995, by Dr Jane Baubliene and others; it currently has about 100 members, mostly doctors (oncologists and anaesthesiologists) and some nurses. The Lithuanian Pain Society, under the leadership of Dr Arunas Sciupokas, was formed in 1998: it too has about 100 members. The societies work closely together and have good links with the Palliative Medicine Department of the Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland.
Lithuania was a signatory of the Poznan Declaration (1998) and is a member of the Eastern and Central European Palliative Care Taskforce (ECEPT). Its palliative care leaders subscribe, therefore, to the call for national policies, palliative care education, increased drug availability, a growth in palliative care services and an increase in public awareness.
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