Palliative Care: The Role and Importance of Research in Promoting Palliative Care Practices: Reports from Developing Countries. Volume 3

The incidence of cancer is alarmingly increasing worldwide. The major problem that the medical profession is currently facing refers to "late presentation" patients who, for the most part, have reached the terminal stage of the illness. For these people, the only treatment option left is palliative care. Various patterns of palliation have been in practice in every culture and in every ethnic grou...