According to the World Health Organization (WHO), palliative care is defined as an
approach that improves the quality of life of patients-adults and children-and their families …

Health care services in Bhutan have improved significantly in recent decades. Yet enormous
challenges remain because of the lack of resources and increase in lifestyle-and stress …

This chapter focuses on a community-based medical care project for the elderly in Bhutan.
The project considers health check-ups an important opportunity for young people and …

Palliative care is an essential aspect of care for patients with serious illness and their
families, but a large proportion of the world's population, particularly in developing countries …

Worldwide, contemporary measures of the success of health development programs have
been mostly in terms of the reduction of mortality and morbidity as well as increasing …

Background Many people live and die in pain in Africa. We set out to describe patient, family
and local community perspectives on the impact of three community based palliative care …

The delivery of spiritual care in Thailand is hampered by the absence of a model for health
care providers that has contextual relevance within the country. Our aim is to develop a …

Background: A rising tide of cancers and other chronic diseases, alongside the ongoing
HIV/AIDS epidemic, has created an increasing demand for palliative care in Africa. Yet, few …

This review discusses palliative care and end-of-life models of care for Aboriginal people in
the Australian state New South Wales, and considers Aboriginal palliative care needs by …