Models of delivering palliative and end-of-life care in sub-Saharan Africa: A narrative review of the evidence

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-228

  Mwangi Powell, Faith N ^a,b   Powell, Richard A ^a,c   Harding, Richard ^d  

^a AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^b OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

^c HealthCare Chaplaincy   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Community and home based care; End of life care; Hospice; Models; Palliative care; Sub Saharan Africa; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84877973171     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e328360f835     Document Type: Review

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