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Abstract

Access to palliative services is currently an important issue facing policy makers around the globe. Much of this discussion is centerd on the significant challenges facing the developing nations and how health care leaders are seeking to integrate high-quality palliative care. But inequality of access is also apparent within developed health care economies. This chapter addresses some of these challenges as they are experienced by those suffering from nonmalignant conditions. Using two case-studies, the chapter highlights evidence that draws attention to the ways in which people with dementia and those experiencing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) are often excluded from palliative provision.

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  1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Tony Ryan

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  1. School of Medicine,Palliative Care, HammondCare, The University of Sydney School of Medicine, Sydney, Australia

    Roderick Duncan MacLeod

  2. VUB-UGhent End-of-Life Care Research Group, Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care and Department of Clinical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

    Lieve Van den Block

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Ryan, T. (2019). Access to Palliative Care. In: MacLeod, R., Van den Block, L. (eds) Textbook of Palliative Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77740-5_30

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