Palliative care in Africa and the Caribbean

In many of the world's poorest countries, dying is often accompanied by avoidable pain and other distressing symptoms. How can we improve care at the end of life? It must be made a public health priority

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS medicine 2004-10, Vol.1 (1), p.e5-e5
Hauptverfasser:	Spence, Dingle, Merriman, Anne, Binagwaho, Agnes
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Africa AIDS Analgesics Cancer Cardiovascular disease Caregivers Caribbean Region Cost of Illness Disease prevention Global health Health in Action Health promotion HIV HIV Infection/AIDS HIV/AIDS Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Illnesses Infectious diseases Medicine in Developing Countries Needs Assessment Neoplasms Oncology Pain Palliative Care Palliative Medicine Patients Public Health Quality of Health Care Social Justice Spirituality Stress, Psychological Terminal Care World Health Organization
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Zusammenfassung:	In many of the world's poorest countries, dying is often accompanied by avoidable pain and other distressing symptoms. How can we improve care at the end of life? It must be made a public health priority
ISSN:	1549-1676 1549-1277 1549-1676
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pmed.0010005