The Brain Tumour Patients’ Charter of Rights is intended to address brain tumour inequalities across countries. It is also meant to stimulate debate and discussion. We hope that the Charter goals are shared by us all whether we are healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers or advocates.
The Charter can provide everyone with an aspirational framework for improving healthcare systems and communications – goals which we hope will help reduce inequalities from country to country and support better outcomes.
The Charter is an organic, partly aspirational document, intended to evolve as progress is made. It is meant to be a positive tool that can be used by all sectors of the international brain tumour community. It is a living document and will be reviewed annually.
The Charter is not solely a project of the IBTA but an effort on behalf of many patient advocacy organisations in the international brain tumour community who have contributed to its development. The Charter has been created through a collaborative and iterative process.
Download the Charter in full here (pdf)
If you have any questions on The Brain Tumour Patients’ Charter of Rights please contact kathy@theibta.org.
We welcome volunteers to translate the Charter
In order to maximise dissemination and use of The Brain Tumour Patients’ Charter of Rights around the world, we warmly welcome volunteers to translate the Charter document and Charter toolkit into various languages.
If you are interested in helping translate the Charter, please contact kathy@theibta.org
Guidelines for translators can be downloaded here.
Did you know?
The Charter cover design symbolises both a neural network and also the network of brain tumour organisations – patient and medical professional – around the world. The background of the cover and inside page borders are in grey which, of course, is the advocacy and awareness colour for brain tumours.
