All a question of trust: Florian Bernhardt is working on a study of the access which Muslims have to palliative care

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Florian Bernhardt is working on a study of the access which Muslims have to palliative care

Dr. Ferya Banaz-Yasar, Coordinator for Palliative Medicine at Essen University H
Dr. Ferya Banaz-Yasar, Coordinator for Palliative Medicine at Essen University Hospital, PhD candidate Florian Behrendt and Prof. Philipp Lenz, Director of Palliative Medicine at Münster University Hospital (left to right) discuss the results of the study. © UKM - Marcus Heine

Palliative medicine has been establishing itself in Germany for some years now, and today caring for terminally ill people at the end of their lives is no longer conceivable without it. In such situations, it ensures that control of symptoms and, in consequence, the quality of life are both improved. One problem, however, is that individual groups of patients such as immigrants are underrepresented in the field of palliative care. Florian Bernhardt, a doctoral candidate of medicine, and Prof. ...

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