Abstract：
:Palliative care development and services were reviewed in the region represented by the six members of the Middle East Cancer Consortium: Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, and Turkey. The multimethod review synthesized evidence from ethnographic field visits to inpatient units, home care hospice teams and free-standing hospices, including interviews with hospice and palliative care clinicians, administrators, volunteers, policy makers and academic researchers. Public health data and relevant literature were collated together with internet-accessed information on services and health care systems. A total of 69 services were located; two country members have a history of relatively sustained development of hospice and palliative care, but provision across the Middle East Cancer Consortium region is highly variable at a local level. Considerable barriers to service development were identified in a region already struggling with many military and political conflicts. Key problems are a lack of secure funds and government support, inadequate professional training programs, opioid phobia in professionals and the public, and a lack of awareness and understanding of palliative care needs at public, government, and professional levels. Key areas for further attention were increasing national and international professional training and public education programs, improving opioid legislation and health care policies, negotiating for secure government or health insurance funding provision, raising awareness about the need for pediatric services and for patients with other illnesses, as well as for those with cancer, and working to integrate palliative care into mainstream health service provision and education.
journal_name
J Pain Symptom Managejournal_title
Journal of pain and symptom managementauthors
Bingley A,Clark Ddoi
10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.02.014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-03-01 00:00:00pages
287-96issue
3eissn
0885-3924issn
1873-6513pii
S0885-3924(08)00379-5journal_volume
37pub_type
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
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更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of pain and symptom management
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
