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Policies on Palliative Care in Different Parts of the World

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The WHO public health strategy for palliative care requires enabling policy as one of its three key pillars (alongside drug availability and education) (Department of Health 2003). A major recent driver of palliative care as a core component of health systems around the world has been the World Health Assembly Resolution on Palliative Care (Department of Health 2008a). Expansion of access to appropriate, high quality of palliative care for adults and children irrespective of country will require the emerging field of global health palliative care research (Department of Health 2008b) to inform the WHO public health strategy. In recent years, we have also greatly increased the evidence base which is underpinning and supporting appropriate policy (Economist Intelligence Unit 2015). In this chapter, we draw on recent policy developments from different parts of the world: from the birthplace of the modern palliative care movement, the UK; from South Africa which has promoted a strong model of advocacy, provider networks, and academia; from Southern and Eastern Africa, which have advanced policy and provision rapidly in recent years; and lastly from the field of pediatric palliative care, which has specific policy considerations.

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  1. King’s College London, Cicely Saunders institute of Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, London, UK

    Richard Harding & Katherine Bristowe

  2. International Children’s Palliative Care Network, Durban, South Africa

    Julia Downing

  3. School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town and Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa

    Liz Gwyther & Michelle Meiring

  4. African Palliative Care Association, Kampala, Uganda

    Emmanuel Luyirika

  5. University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Mpho Ratshikana-Moloko

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Harding, R. et al. (2018). Policies on Palliative Care in Different Parts of the World. In: MacLeod, R., Van den Block, L. (eds) Textbook of Palliative Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31738-0_7-1

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