Ontario, a Canadian province, identified the lack of coordination, integration, and
consistency of end-of-life care services as barriers to quality palliative care. To address …

Given the high unmet need for palliative care in Africa and other resource limited settings, it
is important that countries embrace the public health approach to increasing access through …

Since 1987 health authorities in England have been required to make plans for palliative
care provision, but their record in doing so has been patchy. The production of health …

Objectives: This study aimed to obtain an overview of the current research status of palliative
care in Mainland China and identify research directions for future studies by characterizing …

3. Zimmermann C, Swami N, Krzyzanowska M, et al. Early palliative care for patients with
advanced cancer: a clusterrandomised controlled trial. Lancet 2014; 383: 1721-30. 4 …

Objectives: Palliative care specialists are faced with extensive barriers to providing effective
palliative care. We carried out a survey to identify existing barriers from the point of view of …

Access to palliative care has been advocated as a human right by international associations,
based on the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. It has …

Palliative care was established rapidly in some countries, while in other countries its
establishment has taken a different trajectory. This paper identifies core steps in developing …

Palliative care in Japan has progressed rapidly, and the Cancer Control Act has played a
very important role in developing palliative medicine. Challenges include developing a …

In spite of recent advances in anti-cancer treatments, most adult cancer patients still
ultimately die from their disease. There should therefore be free access to palliative care …