In agonising, crippling pain from lung cancer, Mr S came to the palliative care service in
Calicut, Kerala, from an adjoining district a couple of hours away by bus. His body language …

Full integration of oncology and palliative care relies on the specific knowledge and skills of
two modes of care: the tumour-directed approach, the main focus of which is on treating the …

Background Serious life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses place an enormous burden on
society and health systems. Understanding how this burden will evolve in the future is …

Context Palliative care is gaining ground globally and is endorsed in high-level policy
commitments, but service provision, supporting policies, education, and funding are …

Over the past five decades, palliative care has evolved from serving patients at the end of life
into a highly specialized discipline focused on delivering supportive care to patients with life …

Palliative care is gaining acceptance across the world. However, even when palliative care
resources exist, both the delivery and distribution of services too often are neither equitably …

Optimal treatment outcomes for breast cancer are dependent on a timely diagnosis followed
by an organized, multidisciplinary approach to care. However, in many low‐and middle …

Purpose The integration of palliative care into intensive care units (ICUs) is advocated to
mitigate physical and psychological burdens for patients and their families, and to improve …

Full article: Strengthening of Palliative Care as a Component of Integrated Treatment
throughout the Life Course Skip to Main Content Taylor and Francis Online homepage Taylor …

Despite being declared a basic human right, access to adult and pediatric palliative care for
millions of individuals in need in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) continues to be …