Journal article
Aid when ‘there is nothing left to offer’: Experiences of palliative care and palliative care needs in humanitarian crises
Abstract
Access to palliative care, and more specifically the alleviation of avoidable physical and psychosocial suffering is increasingly recognized as a necessary component of humanitarian response. Palliative approaches to care can meet the needs of patients for whom curative treatment may not be the aim, not just at the very end of life but alleviation of suffering more broadly. In the past several years many organizations and sectoral initiatives …
Authors
Schwartz L; Nouvet E; de Laat S; Yantzi R; Wahoush O; Khater WA; Rwililiza EM; Abu-Siam I; Krishnaraj G; Amir T
Journal
PLOS Global Public Health, Vol. 3, No. 2,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pgph.0001306
ISSN
2767-3375