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Palliative Care and Human Rights for Older Persons (Public Health Fact Sheet)
Description:
This fact sheet examines the growing need for older persons’ palliative care, the distinct and specific palliative care and end-of-life needs of older persons, the recognition of older person’s palliative care under international human rights laws, and what steps governments should take to promote, protect, and ensure access to care.
Author(s):
Open Society Foundations
Url:
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/fact-sheets/palliative-care-and-human-rights-older-persons
Year:
2016