Hospice – the ideology and perspectives in Estonia

Abstract

Some ideas of the hospice conception (e.g. pain control and psychosocial support) are used in hospitals and general care centres in Estonia, but there is little respect towards dying people and their needs. The idea of interdisciplinary teamwork is not in use.

Promoting peaceful death in the intensive care unit in Thailand

“…These findings from clinical practice suggest that in Thailand, palliative and end‐of‐life care are not well developed, as is also the case in Estonia and Latvia as reported by Robinson (2006). Kiik & Sirotkina (2006) demonstrated that hospice concepts were new in Estonia. Only some ideas relating to hospice concepts were employed in hospitals and residential care homes.…”