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Palliative Care: The Nigerian Perspective

In: Palliative Care

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  • Daniel Nnadi
  • Swati Singh
  • Emmanuel Nwobodo

Abstract

Palliative care is an area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients. It utilizes a multidisciplinary team approach to ensure a "holistic" care of the patient. It is a relatively new concept in medicine and the Nigerian experience has not been widely studied. Despite its introduction into the nation over two decades ago, it still faces a lot of challenges in terms of integration into the health care system, implementation and governmental policy. With increasing longevity, urbanization, high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and chronic diseases including malignancies, there will be an increasing number of Nigerians requiring palliative care.

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  • Daniel Nnadi & Swati Singh & Emmanuel Nwobodo, 2019. "Palliative Care: The Nigerian Perspective," Chapters, in: Mukadder Mollaoglu (ed.), Palliative Care, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:179889
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.85235
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    Keywords

    palliative care; holistic approach; Nigeria;
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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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