Home hospice care in Nepal: a low-cost service in a low-income country through collaboration between non-profit organisations
Background: Nepal is a low-income country in south Asia with a population of more than 27 million people. Because of late diagnosis and poor access to care, almost 90% of approximately 60 000 people diagnosed with cancer in Nepal annually will die within 1 year of diagnosis. Here, we describe our ex...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-04-01
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Series: | The Lancet Global Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17301262 |