The Israel Cancer Association's role as a volunteer organization in forecasting, establishing, implementing and upgrading palliative care services in Israel.

The Israel Cancer Association has contributed, as a key player, to the establishment and upgrade of palliative care in Israel. The aim of this article is to describe the involvement and contribution of the ICA, as a volunteer organization, from a clinical, educational, legal, and organizational perspective. Another main goal of this survey is to shed light on the palliative care network in Israel, in each one of these infrastructures.

[Annual "Door Knock" Fundraising Campaign Jubilee--for the patients and against the disease].

Marking the annual "Door Knock" Fundraising Campaign Jubilee, this article provides an overview of the Israel Cancer Association (ICA) activity for patients and against the disease, that comply with the principles of the World Cancer Declaration (WCD) of the UICC (Union for International Cancer Control). To elucidate, as a voluntary organization, all of ICA's resources are derived exclusively from public contributions--with no funding from the government budget. This independence enables ICA to operate according to strictly professional criteria, while maintaining a global and national point of view and vision.