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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Main Authors: Binay K Shah, MD, Tara Shah, BSN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X17301262