Tsvi Blanchard

Professor of Jewish Law, Law Faculty of Humboldt University in Berlin, (CLAL, 2003) (USA)

Religions, especially monotheistic religions, regard human life as sacred and worthy of special respect and protection. Palliative care for older people is the honor society shows to the special worth and even holiness of human life.

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SIGN THE CHARTER AND JOIN US IN SUPPORTING PALLIATIVE CARE FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Every older person with chronic or incurable illness has the right to receive Palliative Care.

The goal of Palliative Care is to take care of the person in totality even when there is no longer a cure. This care foresees a team of different and diverse professional figures: doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, social and religious assistants helping patients and their families.

Palliative Care is not a palliative.

Together we have the opportunity to spread the meaning and the profound value of Palliative Care and sensitize every country so that it may become an integral part of every national healthcare system.