Palliative Care
In recent decades, the world has seen a surge of chronic illnesses—cancer, diabetes, heart disease—that frequently go hand-in-hand with distressing symptoms. Left untreated, these symptoms—such as pain, difficulty breathing, nausea, fatigue—can cause severe suffering. Yet, as a groundbreaking new report in The Lancet finds, the need for palliative care and pain relief has been largely ignored as healthcare systems and medicine have focused on extending life but not to the same extent on dignity and quality of life. Human Rights Watch advocates for universal access to palliative care so no one has to suffer needlessly from treatable pain.
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Europe/Central Asia
Videos
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February 4, 2016
“Pain Tears Me Apart”
Challenges and Progress in Ensuring the Right to Palliative Care in Morocco
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News
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October 12, 2017
Report in Lancet Calls for Needed Pain Relief
More than 61 Million Globally Suffer Severe Pain from Advanced Illnesses
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October 12, 2017
Senegal Makes Strides on Palliative Care
Other Countries in Francophone Africa Should Follow Suit
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August 10, 2017
Medicine Shortages in Venezuela: Dying in Agony
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May 17, 2017
Witness: A Doctor’s Struggle to Bring Relief to Dying Patients
Guatemala’s Red Tape Stops Physicians From Prescribing Pain Medication
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May 17, 2017
Guatemala: Thousands Face Needless End-of-Life Suffering
Pain Medicine Rule Change Urgently Needed
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February 16, 2017
Armenia’s New Strategy to Help Those in Pain
Urgent Legal Changes Are Next Step to Get Treatment to Those in Need
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January 12, 2017
Armenia: No Accountability for Police Violence
Protesters Face Long Sentences, but Violence Against Them Unpunished
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September 15, 2016
Human Rights Watch Calls for Better Protections for the Rights of Older People
Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons
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