Palliative care in humanitarian crises: always something to offer

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10078, 2017, Pages 1498-1499

  Powell, Richard A ^a   Schwartz, Lisa ^b   Nouvet, Elysée ^b   Sutton, Brett ^c   Petrova, Mila ^d   Marston, Joan ^e   Munday, Daniel ^f   Radbruch, Lukas ^g,h  

^a MWAPO Health Development Group   (Kenya)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e International Consultant   (South Africa)

^f International Nepal Fellowship   (Nepal)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^h Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein Sieg Bonn   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE CAMP; ALTRUISM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK;

ALTRUISM; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RELIEF WORK; TRIAGE;

EID: 85017569338     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30978-9     Document Type: Note

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