End-of-life care across the world: a global moral failing

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10043, 2016, Pages 444-446

  Krakauer, Eric L ^a,b   Rajagopal, M R ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYING; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84989182889     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31133-3     Document Type: Note

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