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Organization of Palliative Care in Different Parts of the World

Textbook of Palliative Care

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Palliative care has developed rapidly and heterogeneously in the past decade around the globe. In this chapter, we present an overview of palliative care development in different regions of the world with a pair of case studies of models of palliative care delivery within each region. The textbook is divided into subsections based on the following regions: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East. Regions were decided based on existing palliative care networks, where available. Information regarding palliative care development in each region is organized based on the World Health Organization’s Public Health Strategy for Palliative Care: (1) policies, (2) medicine availability, (3) education, and (4) implementation of services plus (5) vitality (professional activity). This chapter is intended for the reader to gain a high-level view of the state of palliative care development in regions of the world and the challenges and successes within each region. Two case models per region give the reader a quick view into the diversity of palliative care services offered in different regions of the world and give the reader insight into regional-specific delivery models.

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We would like to thank the following people for reviewing each subsection and/or case model of the textbook.

Liliana de Lima

International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care

United States of America

Diane Meier

Center to Advance Palliative Care

United States of America

Nahla Gafer & Shaima Sideeg

Radiation and Isotope Center Khartoum

Sudan

Eduardo Mario Mutto

Hospital Universitario Austral

Argentina

Eduardo Garralda

Institute for Culture and Society

University of Navarra

Spain

Hibah Osman

Balsam Center

Lebanon

Ednin Hamzah

Hospis Malaysia

Malaysia

Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network

Jose Pereira

Pallium Canada

Canada

Young Seon Hong

Advisory Council

Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network

Javier Rocafort Gil

Laguna Centro de Cuidados

Spain

José Mario López Saca

Clínica de Cuidados Paliativos

El Salvador

Omar Shamieh

Jordan Nat’l Pain & Palliative Care Committee

Ministry of Health

King Hussein Cancer Center

Jordan

Emmanuel Luyirika

African Palliative Care Association

Uganda

 

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Centeno, C., Rhee, J.Y. (2018). Organization of Palliative Care in Different Parts of the World. In: MacLeod, R., van den Block, L. (eds) Textbook of Palliative Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31738-0_6-1

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    Organization of Palliative Care in Different Parts of the World
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31738-0_6-2

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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31738-0_6-1