The European Commission selected in ‘‘The Fifth Framework Programme1998-2002, Quality of life and living ressources’’ a project, wich was introduced by the ‘‘Cellule de Soins Continus et Palliatifs’’ of The Brugmann university hospital in Brussels, Belgium Scientific Project leader: Dr.Catherine Markstein The aim of the project was to translate the experience and research of 7 European intra-hospital Palliative Care Mobile teams into European recommendations in order to improve their implementation and integration into hospital institutions. Description of the work The research work was carried out in interdisciplinarity I. The clinicians and researchers (sociologists, philosophers, psychoanalysts) prepared an appraisal and an inventory of seven in-hospital mobile teams in Europe II. Clinicians, researchers and scientists from different European institutions and universities (areas of research: philosophy, ethics, sociology, palliative care) defined the methodology, the summary and the analysis of this inventory which together was constituing the evaluation report. III. A group of consultants (areas of expertise: training and organisational strategy teaching, communication, systemic therapy, psychoanalysis) worked out a specific training programme for the members of the mobile teams taking into account the summary of the evaluation report.
Results: 1. A pilote training programme for the members of the mobile teams within the framework of promoting their integration and collaboration with the hospital services (important areas: organisational strategies, intercollegial communications, and clinical ethical mediation). 2. A Brochure with 25 European recommendations on teaching and organisational strategies for the integration of mobile teams and the promotion of a philosophy of patient centered care. The ethical and socio-political aspect is an integral part of these recommendations and accompanies the teaching project.