Putting palliative care on the global health agenda

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 131-133

  Powell, Richard A ^a   Mwangi Powell, Faith N ^b   Radbruch, Lukas ^c   Yamey, Gavin ^d   Krakauer, Eric L ^e,f,g   Spence, Dingle ^h   Ali, Zipporah ⁱ   Baxter, Sharon ^j   De Lima, Liliana ^k   Xhixha, Ali ^l   Rajagopal, M R ^m   Knaul, Felicia ^e  

^a University Research Company ^*  (Kenya)

^b University Research Company   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^h Hope Institute   (Jamaica)

ⁱ Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association   (Kenya)

^j Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Association   (Canada)

^k International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care   (United States)

^l Ryder Albania Association   (Albania)

^m WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Policy on Access to Pain Relief   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARDS;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84921794868     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)70002-1     Document Type: Note

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