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 …

This qualitative study aimed to describe the palliative care system in the central region of
Thailand. Focus group and in-depth interviews were employed to collect data from a …

Former Senior Medical Officer, Jumla Hospital, Nepal and Retired Consultant Physician and
Senior Clinical Lecturer, Aberdeen University Hospitals, Scotland, UK he modern specialist …

In the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, medical patients engage a variety of healing practices
to seek cures for their ailments. Patients use the expanding biomedical network and a …

Introduction: The global population is undergoing a significant demographic shift, with a
rapidly increasing number of elderly population. As people age, their health and quality of …

The aim of this paper is to describe the palliative care experience of Bangladeshi patients
and carers in the Tower Hamlets area in the east of London. Semi-structured interviews …

ABSTRACT Background: In Benin, medical pluralism is omnipresent. This study analysed
the therapeutic process of women with cancers, admitted to palliative or end-of-life care in …

Abstract The Kingdom of Bhutan is seeking to progressively realize the human right to health
without addressing the cross-cutting human rights principles essential to a rights-based …

This paper provides information on how to offer help and support to Buddhists who are
seriously ill or dying at home, in hospitals, hospices or nursing homes. It begins with an …

An indigenous perspective of palliative care is not commonly known. The aim of this chapter
is to describe key caregiving strengths of New Zealand Mãori whãnau (family) to illustrate …