Since its beginning, Buddhism has been intimately concerned with confronting and
understanding death and dying. Indeed, the tradition emphasizes turning toward the realities …

Introduction: Approximately 474 000 Indigenous people live in 617 First Nations
communities across Canada; 125 of those communities are located in Ontario, primarily in …

Background: Palliative care has been recognized as a global health challenge. Although
access has increased, there is very low recognition of the importance of palliative care in low …

Abstract Healthcare in South Africa is in a crisis. Problems with infrastructure, management,
human resources and the supply of essential medicines are at a critical level. This is …

Abstract The Santibhavan Project of Palliative Care Residence for Monks was part of the
wider context defined by the social movement for palliative and hospice care in Thailand …

Palliative care within sub-Saharan African remains relatively new, with one service delivery
model used being home-based care (HBC), a well-established mode of care provision …

In this chapter, the landloc ked Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan provides an exemplar of how
indigenous knowledge and a rich spiritual heritage are integrated into the public health …

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families
facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief …

Modern society has seen a rapid shift toward biomedicalization. However, there is now an
increasing trend of using complementary and alternative medicine for holistic treatment …

Winner of the 2012 AJN (American Journal of Nursing) Book of the Year Award in the
Hospice and Palliative Care category In the 1960s, English physician and committed …