On the question of palliative care to the population organization improving
The article presents the author’s analysis of the Russian regulations on palliative care. According to the authors, palliative medical care to the population regulatory support allows planning and developing in Russia the specified type of assistance. To ensure palliative medical care availability scientific and methodological basis and development of a unified classification of conditions under which palliative medical care is needed and should be organized are required. The procedure for the provision of medical care is to be brought into conformity with the said classification. The authors consider palliative care medicalization trends in Russia in the context of the dysfunctional practices of a palliative care subinstitute forming in Russia.