• J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother · Jan 2002

    Palliative care: an international necessity.

    • Robert G Twycross.
    • Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford University, United Kingdom. robtwy@yahoo.com
    • J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2002 Jan 1; 16 (1): 61-79.

    AbstractPalliative care is the care of patients whose disease is incurable and whose life expectancy is limited to weeks or months. This commentary describes the development of modern palliative care, some of the elements and underlying philosophical constructs of such care, and calls for expansion and improvement in end of life care throughout the world.

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