Assessing and responding to palliative care needs in rural sub-Saharan Africa: Results from a model intervention and situation analysis in Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Herce, Michael E ^a,b,c   Elmore, Shekinah N ^d   Kalanga, Noel ^b,c   Keck, James W ^b,c,h   Wroe, Emily B ^b,c,e   Phiri, Atupere ^b,c   Mayfield, Alishya ^e   Chingoli, Felix ^f   Beste, Jason A ^b,c,i   Tengatenga, Listern ^f   Bazile, Junior ^b,c   Krakauer, Eric L ^c,d,g   Rigodon, Jonas ^b,c,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo ^*  (Malawi)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Haiti Assistance Program   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CODEINE; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN PALLIATIVE OUTCOME SCALE PAIN SCORE; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NENO PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; ANALGESIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; GEOGRAPHY; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84908007393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110457     Document Type: Article

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