According to Polish Health Services law, every citizen is entitled to die in dignity and peace - and a clear obligation is recognised on the part of government to provide support for hospice and palliative care services. Notwithstanding this obligation, government funds for palliative care were significantly reduced in 2002.
A doctor working in a palliative care unit comments on the funding situation for palliative care in Poland:
'A number of centres dealing with palliative care and financed by the Polish equivalent of the NHS have sprung to life. There is a large group of postgraduate doctors and nurses training in palliative care, which has become an independent specialisation. However, we may still discern a lack of network; all these institutions have not yet become adapted into the entire system of palliative care and general medical care.'3
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