Palliative Care is a holistic approach to patient care that aims to improve the quality of life for
patients, and their families, living with an incurable life-threatening chronic condition (WHO …

The international palliative care community has articulated a simple but challenging
proposition that palliative care is an international human right. International human rights …

The development of the speciality of palliative care has done an enormous amount over the
last 60 years to help relieve the suffering of people diagnosed with a terminal illness …

The burden of serious health-related suffering is huge and could in large part be alleviated
with palliative care and pain relief. About 25· 5 million of 56· 2 million people who died in …

Over the past 40 years, palli at ive care has made great strides in improving care for those
with life limiting diseases. A combination of inter na tional asso ci ations, reforms to opiate …

All persons have a right to palliative care during cancer treatment and at the end-of-life. The
World Health Organization (WHO) defines palliative care as a medical specialty that …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), palliative care is concerned with the
physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems of patients with life-threatening illnesses and …

World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19 states that universal access to palliative care–the
prevention and relief of suffering due to serious or life-threatening health problems or their …

ObjectivePalliative care training at basic, intermediate, and specialist levels, recommended
by the World Health Organization (WHO), is challenging to access in resource-poor …

Palliative care is increasingly available and the importance of its role increasingly
recognized. International work toward making palliative care a basic human right …