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Palliative Care

What is Palliative Care and why does it matter now?

The advent of antiretroviral therapy has brought greatly reduced morbidity and mortality among people living with HIV disease. Unfortunately, it has also meant that we often focus on the clinical aspects of therapy and viral suppression to the exclusion of the enduring principles of palliative care: attention to the physical, emotional and spiritual distress of those patients and families affected by life-threatening disease.

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Further reading

Pain and palliative care in the developing world and marginalised populations - a global challenge
M R Rajagopal, David Mazza, Arthur Lipmnan (eds.) The Haworth Medical Press 2003. ISBN 0 78901556 0

Palliative care in the developing world: principles and practice
The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care 2004. Paperback. ISBN 0 97585250 7. Order online from http://www.hospicecare.com/

Transitions in end of life care - hospice and related developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
David Clark, Michael Wright with Jacek Luczak and in association with Carl Johan Furst adn Sylvia Sauter, Open University Press 2003. ISBN 0 335 21286 7

Free electronic newsletters 

Cancer Pain Release (WHO)

Hospice & Palliative Care News

Worldwine Hospice and Palliative Care Online, to subscribe please contact anne@hospiceinformation.info

The Palliative Care in Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Countries Newsletter


 

Palliative Care articles from NAM's newsletters
HIV & AIDS Treatment in Practice

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AIDS Treatment Update

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HIV Weekly

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