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The palliative care toolkit : improving care from the roots up in resource limited settings

BOND, Charlie
LAVY, Vicky
WOOLDRIDGE, Ruth
2008

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"A practical manual to equip, empower and encourage health workers in resource-limited settings to integrate palliative care into their work and their communities. It brings holistic and "can do" approach to delivering care for those suffering with life-limiting diseases and is an important contribution to increasing the spread of palliative care globally"

Access to pain relief - an essential human right

2007

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This report highlights the lack of pain control currently available around the world. It recommends urgent government action to ensure that all sections of society have equal and adequate access to pain control. It is estimated that 100 million people could benefit from basic palliative care every year. Data in this report show that even in established palliative care units, patients lack access to pain control that they need

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