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The Meaning, Limitations and Possibilities of Making Palliative Care a Public Health Priority by Declaring it a Human Right

The Meaning, Limitations and Possibilities of Making Palliative Care a Public Health Priority by... There is a growing movement to increase access to palliative care by declaring it a human right. Calls for such a rightin the form of articles in the healthcare literature and pleas to the United Nations and World Health Organizationrarely define crucial concepts involved in such a declaration, in particular palliative care and human right. This paper explores how such concepts might be more fully developed, the difficulties in using a human rights approach to promote palliative care, and the relevance of such an enterprise to public health ethics. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Health Ethics Oxford University Press

The Meaning, Limitations and Possibilities of Making Palliative Care a Public Health Priority by Declaring it a Human Right

Kirk, Timothy W.
Public Health Ethics , Volume 4 (1) – Apr 17, 2011
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Oxford University Press
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The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. Available online at www.phe.oxfordjournals.org
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1754-9973
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1754-9981
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10.1093/phe/phr002
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Abstract

There is a growing movement to increase access to palliative care by declaring it a human right. Calls for such a rightin the form of articles in the healthcare literature and pleas to the United Nations and World Health Organizationrarely define crucial concepts involved in such a declaration, in particular palliative care and human right. This paper explores how such concepts might be more fully developed, the difficulties in using a human rights approach to promote palliative care, and the relevance of such an enterprise to public health ethics.

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Public Health Ethics – Oxford University Press

Published: Apr 17, 2011

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