Palliative care at home what to expect

Introduction

Palliative Care (PC) can begin when a serious illness is diagnosed and continue during the entire continuum of care (1). According to the World Health Organization, PC “is a crucial part of integrated, people-centered health services.

Relieving serious health-related suffering, be it physical, psychological, social, or spiritual, is a global ethical responsibility. Thus, whether the cause of suffering is cardiovascular disease, cancer, major organ failure, drug-resistant tuberculosis, severe burns, end-stage chronic illness, acute trauma, extreme birth prematurity, or extreme frailty of old age, palliative care may be needed and has to be available at all levels of care” [(2); p.

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Of the 234 nations in the globe, roughly 136 offer PC services and resources. While Europe, Australia, Canada, and the United States have the highest levels of PC integration, many regions of Africa and several regions of Asia and South America lack basic amenities (3).

There are several aspects that contribute to the development of PC integration in health care systems: economic resour

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