Hospice and palliative care in Germany

To the background

Palliative care is the care of seriously ill and dying people. This also includes pain therapy in outpatient and inpatient settings. Patients receive palliative medical care in particular from panel doctors, nursing services and inpatient facilities.

The key issues paper was drawn up in close consultation with MPs Jens Spahn, health policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Emmi Zeulner, member of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s health working group, Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group, and Hilde Mattheis, health policy spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group.