Pain and Palliative Care in the Developing World and Marginalized Populations: A Global Challenge

by M.R. Rajagopal (Editor), David Mazza (Editor)

Essential information for anyone involved in palliative care programs for deprived patients!

In this comprehensive resource, leading healthcare professionals describe pioneering work on the front lines of pain and palliative care service planning and implementation for underserved populations. Pain and Palliative Care in the Developing World and Marginalized A Global Challenge explores the challenges and barriers preventing satisfactory pain management for patients who urgently need it. This book provides you with true accounts of palliative care programs from around the world to help you meet the needs of disadvantaged clients.

This essential volume includes a Foreword written by a world leader in palliative care—Jan Stjernsward, Former Chief of the Cancer and Palliative Care Program of the World Health Organization and currently International Director of the Oxford International Centre for Palliative Care in the United Kingdom.

Pain and Palliative Care in the Developing World and Marginalized A Global Challenge addresses issues of vital importance for the global health care community, such

249 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004