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For more information about this project, please contact one of the individuals below:
Project Management Team
Professor Lukas Radbruch
Chair of Palliative Medicine at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhem University Bonn, Director of the Department of Palliative Care at the University Hospital Bonn and Director of the Department of Palliative Medicine at the Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein-Sieg
University Hospital Bonn
Tel: +49-228-6481 9170, Email: Lukas.Radbruch@malteser.org
Professor Sheila Payne
Director of the International Observatory on End of Life Care, Lancaster University
Lancaster University
Sheila Payne's post is the first of its kind in the UK, supported since 2006 for five years by the National Charity Help the Hospices. Established in 2003, the International Observatory on End of Life Care is now a globally recognised centre of excellence for research in palliative and end of life care.
Tel: +44 (0)1524 593701, Email: s.a.payne@lancaster.ac.uk
Dr Willem Scholten
Team Leader, Access to Controlled Medicines
World Health Organisation
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. In 2007, WHO established the Access to Controlled Medications Programme in order to promote policies worldwide that balance the prevention of substance abuse and dependence with good access for rational medical use.
Tel: +41 22 79 15540, Email: scholtenw@who.int
Project Executive Officer
Dr. rer. medic. Saskia Jünger
Health Scientist, Department of Palliative Medicine
University Hospital Bonn
Email: Saskia.Juenger@ukb.uni-bonn.de