Palliative Medicine: Barriers and Developments in Mainland China
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The development of palliative care in China is vital to the care of its aging population and associated increase in cancer incidence. There are physician-related and population-related barriers which impede palliative care development. The first institute for hospice care was established in Tianjin. Community hospices (Ning Yang Yuan) have been established by the Li Ka Shing Foundation. Academic centers such as the one in Chengdu associated with Sichuan University have partnered with the World Health Organization to establish centers of excellence to both develop and teach palliative care to physicians in training and practice. The National Hospice Service Program has developed five principles to the practice of palliative care in China.
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- Authors
- Li, J., Davis, M. P., & Gamier, P.
- Affiliations
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Corresponding author
- Davis, Mellar P.
- Venue
- Current Oncology Reports
- Published
- 2011-04-13
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 290-294
- ISSN
- 1523-3790 (ISSN-L)
- 1534-6269
- OpenAlex
- W2073400065
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- FWCI
- 1.88
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Keywords
- palliative care, hospice care, barriers to palliative care, population aging, cancer incidence, community hospice, palliative care education, centers of excellence, China
- MeSH terms
- Analgesics, Opioid, China, Humans, Neoplasms, Pain, Palliative Care, Terminal Care, Hospice Care, Pain Management
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