Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Oct 2024
Retraction Of PublicationOpportunities to Improve End-of-Life Care Quality among Patients with Short Terminal Admissions.
Little is known about Veterans who die during a short terminal admission, which renders them ineligible for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Bereaved Family Survey. ⋯ Veterans with short terminal admissions are less likely to receive hospice or palliative care compared to patients with long terminal admissions. Many patients with short terminal admissions, such as those with life-limiting conditions (especially cancer), receive aspects of high-quality EOL care, however, opportunities for improvement exist.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2018
Retraction Of PublicationThe Palliative Care Journey In Kenya And Uganda.
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems. This update is aimed at examining palliative care development/achievements and challenges in Kenya and Uganda and the role of various actors in palliative care establishment in the region. It assesses the policy environment, progress in education, access to essential medicines, palliative care implementation efforts, and legal and human rights work. ⋯ All these conditions will require palliative care services as the disease burden increases. Unfortunately, for many African countries, accessing palliative care services, including access to pain relief, remains very limited resulting in serious suffering for patients and their families. The interventions in Kenya and Uganda help palliative care organizations engage with their respective governments to ensure that the social and legal barriers impeding access to palliative care services are removed.
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The Hospice Palliative Care Association (HPCA) was established in 1987 by hospices in South Africa who felt the need for a national body to share best practices and to promote palliative care services in South Africa. HPCA supports member hospices in providing palliative care to people of any age with a life-limiting condition. ⋯ A key initiative was the development of a mentorship program to assist organizations to develop accredited palliative care services in South Africa. This article highlights some of the HPCA projects funded over the years by the Open Society Foundations' International Palliative Care Initiative.
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Feb 2018
Retraction Of PublicationEuropean Association for Palliative Care: Forging a vision of excellence in palliative care in Central and Eastern European and former Sovjet Union countries (CEE/FSU).
The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) represents many thousands of health care workers and volunteers working in or with an interest in palliative care. In 2016, the EAPC has individual members from 48 nations across the world, and collective members from 57 national palliative care associations in 32 European countries. Throughout its history, the EAPC has produced guidance on a range of palliative care issues. ⋯ In addition, for a period of time, a Russian Web site (www.eapcspeaksrussian.eu) was also available. A survey of palliative care in Central and Eastern European nations sponsored by Open Society Foundation's International Palliative Care Initiative found that in most countries, the national language is preferred rather than using English or Russian for the provision of information. Accordingly, the EAPC Web site provides translations of white papers, position papers, and blog posts in a number of languages.