Our aim is to improve medical treatment and psychosocial care of people with incurable and life-threatening illness.

The objectives are to optimize:

• the relief of symptoms such as pain, breathlessness, nausea, fatigue, etc.

• the individual quality of life of patients and their family by supporting the family and social networks

• general and specialist palliative care in different settings (e.g. home care, inpatient), as well as the public and voluntary sector

• the integration of palliative care in education and teaching

We aim to achieve our objectives by conducting research projects in the field of palliative care and education – in medicine, sociology, psychology etc.

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• research projects to improve palliative care structures in Germany, particularly in the home care setting

• taking part in an international research program for the relief of breathlessness

• a survey of palliative care patients exploring which topics in palliative care research are most relevant to them