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Palliative Care Development in Georgia.

Nino Kiknadze¹, Pati Dzotsenidze²

¹Open Society Georgia Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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Georgia is building a national palliative care program by improving policy, education, and drug access. While progress has been made, challenges remain in medication availability and distribution for improved patient care.

Keywords:

Georgia hospice opioids palliative care

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Public Health
Healthcare Policy
Palliative Care Medicine

Background:

Georgia has initiated foundational steps towards a national palliative care program.
Key legislative amendments have been approved to facilitate palliative care development.
Palliative care is now recognized as a subspecialty across multiple medical fields.

Purpose of the Study:

To outline the progress and current status of palliative care development in Georgia.
To identify advancements in policy, education, drug availability, and service implementation.
To assess the impact of recent legislative changes on palliative care access.

Main Methods:

Review of legislative amendments and national plans for palliative care.
Analysis of drug availability and prescribing regulations for pain management.
Assessment of palliative care education integration and service provision.

Main Results:

National Plan for Palliative Care (2011-2016) approved; palliative care recognized as a subspecialty.
Oral morphine availability is limited for home use and unavailable in hospitals; prescribing regulations liberalized.
Palliative care education integrated into medical/nursing curricula; services available but insufficient; children's hospice established.

Conclusions:

Georgia has established essential policy and educational frameworks for palliative care.
Improvements in drug availability and distribution are crucial for comprehensive palliative care.
Ongoing development of palliative care services is evident, though further expansion is needed to meet demand.