Best practices in developing a national palliative care policy in resource limited settings: Lessons from five African countries

ecancermedicalscience

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Luyirika, Emmanuel B K ^a   Namisango, Eve ^a   Garanganga, Eunice ^b   Monjane, Lidia ^c   Ginindza, Ntombi ^d   Madonsela, Gugulethu ^d   Kiyange, Fatia ^a  

^a AFRICAN PALLIATIVE CARE ASSOCIATION   (Uganda)

^b Hospice Palliative Care Association of Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^c Mozambique Palliative Care Association   (Mozambique)

^d Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Consultation; Controlled substances; Evidence; Financial resources; Government; Health systems; Pain medications; Palliative care; Palliative care policy; Policy development; Policy goals; Policy makers; Situational analysis; Stakeholders; Terms of reference

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANALGESIA; ANALYSIS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CONSULTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL PALLIATIVE CARE POLICY; NATIONAL SITUATION ANALYSIS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT SAFETY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 84978984481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17546605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2016.652     Document Type: Review

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