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Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (4 ed.)

Edited by Geoffrey Hanks, Nathan I. Cherny, Nicholas A. Christakis, Marie Fallon, Stein Kaasa, Russell K. Portenoy

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Oct 2009
Print ISBN-13:
9780198570295
Published to Oxford Medicine:
Mar 2011
DOI:
10.1093/med/9780198570295.001.0001

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Contents

Providing palliative care in resource-poor countries

Chapter:
Providing palliative care in resource-poor countries
Author(s):

M.R. Rajagopal,

Robert Twycross

DOI:
10.1093/med/9780198570295.003.0004

Palliative care is a prominent feature of the programmes of the World Health Organization (WHO), particularly cancer and AIDS. Given the fact that the total annual number of deaths in developing countries will soon reach 50 million, and that about two-third of dying patients would probably benefit from palliative care, the only way for universal access to be achieved in resource-poor countries will be by adopting a public health approach. The patterns which have evolved, for example, in the UK and the USA are far too expensive and, if transplanted into resource-poor countries, would not reach more than a small percentage of those in need.

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