Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean

In many of the world's poorest countries, dying is often accompanied by avoidable pain and other distressing symptoms. How can we improve care at the end of life?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Spence, Dingle, Merriman, Anne, Binagwaho, Agnes
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2004
Materias:
Health in Action
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC523828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15526053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0010005
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spelling pubmed-5238282004-11-02 Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean Spence, Dingle Merriman, Anne Binagwaho, Agnes PLoS Med Health in Action In many of the world's poorest countries, dying is often accompanied by avoidable pain and other distressing symptoms. How can we improve care at the end of life? Public Library of Science 2004-10 2004-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC523828/ /pubmed/15526053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0010005 Text en Copyright: © 2004 Spence et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
spellingShingle Health in Action
Spence, Dingle
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Binagwaho, Agnes
Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean
title Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean
title_full Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean
title_fullStr Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean
title_full_unstemmed Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean
title_short Palliative Care in Africa and the Caribbean
title_sort palliative care in africa and the caribbean
topic Health in Action
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC523828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15526053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0010005
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