Part 1 Introduction to the international hospice movement: hospices worldwide - a mission statement; the International Hospice Movement from the perspective of the WHO; worldwide developments in hospice care - survey results. Part 2 Hospice experiences around the world: Africa - hospice in South Africa, Zimbabwe - the island hospice experience; the Americas - Bermuda - Patients Assistance League and Service (PALS), Royal Victoria Hospital Palliative Care Service - a Canadian experience, Foundation Omega - Colombia, hospice care in the US; Australasia - Hawke's Bay - a New Zealand approach to hospice care; Europe - palliative medicine's first steps in Croatia, hospice in France, hospice in UK, the Ryder Italia experience in Rome, the beginnings of hospice care under communist regime - the Cracow experience, the Russian approach to hospice care, hospice in Spain; Asia - hospice development in China - "like green bamboo shoots in the spring", the hospice movement in a Chinese society - a Hong Kong experience, development of palliative care in India, hospice care in Japan; Near East - hospice and palliative care services in Israel, hospice experience in Jordan - Al-Matah Foundation for Humanistic Care, palliative care for the terminally ill in Saudi Arabia. Part 3 Conclusion: hospice care on the international scene - today and tomorrow.
