The Contemporary Legislative Scope of Palliative Care in EU Countries

Palliative care is new multidisciplinary field that aims towards development and continuity of the end-of-life care and it has undergone a relatively short evolution in the Czech Republic. The Bachelor work concerns care of patients with serious life-threatening disease. It describes development of palliative care and conducts a survey of economic end legislative background that impacts its integration into the health and social system. It provides comprehensive insight into needs of terminally ill patients and outlines alternatives of their solution. The final qualifying work is theoretical, and its aim is to cover the care specifics in the Czech Republic and in selected countries of the EU. It subjects areas that are related to development and quality of the palliative care, i.e. educating of physician, nurses and other professionals, legislation and funding