Objectives: As the result of illness trajectories, people with advanced chronic diseases are
living with inability to perform major activities, often with pain, or other uncomfortable …

People are living longer nowadays. Medical advancement has helped to prolong lives and a
lot of diseases are curable. However, patients with life-limiting and terminal illnesses still …

This paper focuses on the nature of cultural practices and belief systems related to death
and dying in Vajrayana (Tibetan) Buddhism. Based on ethnographic and psychological …

Objective (s) LGBTQI+ disparities in hospice and palliative care have been vastly
underrecognized in medical practice and research. This may result in LGBTQI+ community …

The Bhutanese health system is predominantly government driven, both in financing as well
as provision, and follows the principles of Universal Health Coverage. Service delivery …

Nepal has witnessed demographic and epidemiological transition resulting in the shift from
infectious diseases to non-communicable diseases as the major disease burden. Around …

Palliative care began in Vietnam in 2001, but steady growth in palliative care services and
education commenced several years later when partnerships for ongoing training and …

Background: Community based palliative care is paramount significant nowadays. Most of
the patients in need of palliative care can be looked after in the primary health care setting in …

Traditional medicine in Bhutan is known as gSo-ba Rig-pa and is one of the oldest surviving
medical traditions in the world. Other medical systems, such as Chinese medicine, Indian …

The development of a home care service from small beginnings in Uganda to becoming a
model for African countries is described. This model has proved that palliative care can be …