Palliative Care Working Group

The Palliative Care Working Group (PCWG) works in the field of organization, policy, research, education and the development of oncology incentive programs with the goal of fully integrating supportive and palliative care into medical oncology practice at existing healthcare facilities.

Chair

Dr. Nathan Cherny

Activities and responsibilities

Defining minimum standards for the provision of supportive and palliative care by cancer centers
Improving the level of involvement and expertise of oncologists in the delivery of supportive and palliative care to patients
Promoting palliative care issues and initiatives worldwide

Structure

Membership is open to Full and Junior ESMO members with particular interest in palliative care

Major achievements

2006	Survey on communication between doctors and advanced cancer patients
2007	Survey on opioid drugs
2005	ESMO Handbook of Advanced Cancer Care
2003	ESMO 'Designated Center' in integrated oncology and palliative care program
2003	ESMO Policy on Supportive and Palliative Care
2003	Workshop on palliative care
2002	Survey on doctor-patient communication
1999	PCWG established

Committee Members

NAME	COUNTRY	FUNCTION
Nathan I. Cherny	Israel	Chair
Raphael Catane	Israel	Committee Member
Martin R. Chasen	Canada	Committee Member
Alexandru-Calin Grigorescu	Romania	Committee Member
Marianne Kloke	Germany	Committee Member
Ian Olver	Australia	Committee Member
Ozgur Ozyilkan	Turkey	Committee Member
Gudrun Marie Ilse Pohl	Austria	Committee Member
Carla Ripamonti	Italy	Committee Member
Maryna Rubach	Poland	Committee Member
Tamari Rukhadze	Georgia	Committee Member
Dirk Schrijvers	Belgium	Committee Member
Anna-Marie Stevens	United Kingdom	Committee Member
Florian Strasser	Switzerland	Committee Member
Maria Wagnerova	Slovakia	Committee Member