title: Walls and Barriers. Polish Achievements and the Challenges of Transformation: Building a Hospice Movement in Poland.
abstract: In this review, the authors discuss the creation and development of hospice-palliative care in Poland and present attempts to move from religious care into spiritual companionship, using examples of concrete activities and challenges, which-like subsequent walls and barriers-have appeared inside and around us.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Educational Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Krakowiak
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland. Electronic address: psyks@univ.gda.pl.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Skrzypińska
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Damps-Konstańska
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jassem
mesh_terms: D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D011044:Poland; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D029181:Spirituality
keywords: Eastern Europe; Poland; Transformation of health & social care system; challenges; hospice & palliative care; religion; solidarity; spirituality