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Palliative Care to the Cancer Patient - The Middle East as a Model for Emerging Countries (Hardcover)
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Palliative Care to the Cancer Patient - The Middle East as a Model for Emerging Countries (Hardcover)
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In the Middle East, as in other countries in the developing world,
there is now a wide acceptance that palliative care is an important
public health issue that should be integrated into the mainstream
of cancer care as well as other life-threatening diseases.
Nowadays, it is recognised as a human right issue that patients and
families have the right to receive this care. The WHO defined
palliative care as the active total care of the patient's body,
mind and spirit; whereby health care providers need to evaluate and
alleviate the patient's physical, psychological and social
distress. Such care encompasses a broad, multidisciplinary approach
that includes both the family and the community and is provided in
a range of settings, from the hospital, to the community health
centre, to home. This unique and timely book captures the progress
and vision of many dedicated groups throughout the Middle East and
the USA who have been working to advocate for and develop
palliative care services in the region. Each of the book's chapters
describes the efforts and challenges professionals have been
experiencing as they address the palliative care needs of patients
with life-limiting illnesses. Each country's specific chapter
details the current state of palliative care services and describes
the various approaches that led to the development of a range of
services in hospital-based sites to community and home-based care
services.
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