End of life care in a Central-Asian state: from public indifference to accepting
According to official records, annually 5 thousand people in Kyrgyzstan are diagnosed with cancer. Due to late diagnostics, half of them die during the first year of treatment, already in terminal stage of the disease. In such circumstances, about 2500 people are in need of palliative care in order...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2019-08-01
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Series: | International Journal of Integrated Care |
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Online Access: | https://www.ijic.org/articles/5153 |