| Description |
1 online resource (x, 516 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Overview of the study -- A narrative history of hospice-palliative care in Africa -- Oral history in Africa -- Personal motivations -- Confronting the issues -- New models, new care -- Hospice-palliative care service development in Africa: countries approaching integration -- Kenya -- South Africa -- Uganda -- Zimbabwe -- Hospice-palliative care service development in Africa: countries with localized provision -- Botswana -- Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) -- Egypt -- Malawi -- Morocco -- Nigeria -- Sierra Leone -- Swaziland -- Tanzania -- The Gambia -- Zambia -- Hospice-palliative care service development in Africa: countries with capacity building activity -- Algeria -- Cameroon -- Cote d'Ivoire -- Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) -- Ethiopia -- Ghana -- Lesotho -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- Rwanda -- Tunisia -- Average daily consumption of defined daily doses (for statistical purposes) of morphine per million inhabitants, 2000-2002: countries of Africa -- Countries of Africa involved in PEPFAR, the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund (Diana Fund) and WHO projects -- Total health expenditure (Intl $) per capita and as a percentage of GDP: countries of Africa, 2001 -- GDP per capita (Intl $): countries of Africa, 2001 |
| Summary |
Conflict, poverty, endemic diseases, and lack of clean water pose serious challenges for the population in Africa. This book focuses on palliative care and hospice development, examining the development of palliative care services in 26 African countries where initiatives have been identified |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-499) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Hospice care -- Africa
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Palliative treatment -- Africa
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Palliative treatment.
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Hospice Care
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HIV Infections -- therapy
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Palliative Care
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Hospice care
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Palliative treatment
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Hospizbewegung
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Palliativtherapie
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Hospis -- Afrika.
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Palliativ vård -- Afrika.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531
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Africa |
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Africa
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Afrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clark, David, 1953-
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Hunt, Jennifer
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Lynch, Thomas
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| LC no. |
2006015480 |
| ISBN |
9780191730474 |
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0191730475 |
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0199206805 |
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9780199206803 |
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