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Palliative Care Service Provision

History and Development of Palliative Care

Public Health Context

Ethics and Ethnography

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Slovakia's Population
In 1998 the population of the Slovak Republic was 5.39 million. The Slovaks accounted for 85.6%, Hungarians 10.5%, Gypsies 1.7%, Czechs, Moravians and Silesians for 1.1% and others from 0.4%. According to the 1991 census 60.4% of the population were Roman Catholic, 6.2% were Slovak Evangelic Lutherans and 3.4% Greek Catholic. Approximately 17% did not specify their religion. ⁷

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