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Palliative care role with Lithuanian Association

Marija Inesa Poniskaitiene

Palliative care steps were slow in Lithuania. After the Second war our country has lost its tradition to seem to death as a natural action , tradition to die reception , tradition of volunteering. it had been very difficult to determine palliative care services in our country once we gained our independence in 1990. the primary steps of palliative care were based by enthusiasm of single persons. 1993 an agreement of joint activity between the general public Health Care Department of Kaunas City Municipality and Lithuanian charitable organization Caritas was concluded to determine one among the primary nursing hospitals in Lithuania. Palliative care services are already included in its first license