Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report

• Published in: The Lancet (British edition) 2018-04, Vol.391 (10128), p.1391-1454
• Main Authors: Knaul, Felicia Marie, Farmer, Paul E, Krakauer, Eric L, De Lima, Liliana, Bhadelia, Afsan, Jiang Kwete, Xiaoxiao, Arreola-Ornelas, Héctor, Gómez-Dantés, Octavio, Rodriguez, Natalia M, Alleyne, George A O, Connor, Stephen R, Hunter, David J, Lohman, Diederik, Radbruch, Lukas, del Rocío Sáenz Madrigal, María, Atun, Rifat, Foley, Kathleen M, Frenk, Julio, Jamison, Dean T, Rajagopal, M R, Abu-Saad Huijer, Huda, Binagwaho, Agnes, Bošnjak, Snežana M, Clark, David, Cleary, James F, Cossío Díaz, José R, Goh, Cynthia, Goldschmidt-Clermont, Pascal J, Gospodarowicz, Mary, Gwyther, Liz, Higginson, Irene J, Hughes-Hallett, Thomas, Luyirika, Emmanuel B K, Medina Mora, Maria E, Mwangi-Powell, Faith N, Nishtar, Sania, O'Brien, Megan E, Reddy, K Srinath, Salerno, Judith A, Allende, Silvia, Bhadelia, Nahid, Calderon, Mariana, Fan, Victoria Y, Jiménez, Jorge, Ntizimira, Christian R, Perez-Cruz, Pedro E, Salas-Herrera, Isaias Gerardo, Spence, Dingle, Steedman, Mark R, Verguet, Stéphane, Downing, Julia D, Paudel, Bishnu D, Elsner, Maia, Gillespie, James Andrew, Hofman, Karen J, Khanh, Quach Thanh, Lorenz, Karl A, Méndez Carniado, Oscar, Nugent, Rachel, Wroe, Emily B, Zimmerman, Camilla
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Developing Countries; Expenditures; Global Health; Health care access; Health disparities; Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration; Hospice care; Humans; Narcotics; Opioids; Pain; Pain management; Pain Management - methods; Palliation; Palliative care; Palliative Care - organization & administration; Profits; Public health; Universal Health Insurance - organization & administration
• ISSN: 0140-6736; 1474-547X
• DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32513-8