PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Helen Organ
AU  - Rudina Rama
TI  - Approaches to end-of-life care: a comparison between the UK and Albania
AID  - 10.7861/futurehosp.3-2-134
DP  - 2016 Jun 01
TA  - Future Hospital Journal
PG  - 134--135
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/2/134.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/3/2/134.full
SO  - Future Hosp J2016 Jun 01; 3
AB  - The charity Sue Ryder has been delivering hospice- and community-based palliative care in the UK since the mid-1950s and prides itself in its approach to person-centred care. Shared care and support for self-management are the norm, with each patient having their own person-centred care plan, which deals with the whole person and enables any carer/professional to ‘see’ the person and not just the condition. The culture in the UK around dealing with life-limiting illnesses is in sharp contrast to that seen in some other parts of the world. This article compares these cultural differences by looking at the approach to end-of-life care in Albania, where Sue Ryder has provided significant financial and managerial support aimed at improving and developing modern approaches towards palliative care.