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Building bridges: Palliative care beyond borders.
- Source :
- Progress in Palliative Care; Feb2017, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p23-26, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Globalization allows patients, including those with a life-limiting disease, such as cancer, to seek medical advice and second opinions beyond their own countries’ borders, in search for available curative treatments. The increased travel opportunities and a broader access to communication technologies foster patients’ mobility, even in a palliative care setting. Our patient travelled all the way to Europe from Mongolia to seek a second opinion on available treatments for her relapsing end-stage cervical cancer. Best supportive care, as proposed by the Mongolian colleagues was confirmed after a chemotherapeutic trial, leading to the patient's request for a rapid repatriation. The purpose of the following case report is to identify the various factors which may facilitate the care of patients with end-stage disease travelling from foreign countries and to highlight the complexity of a repatriation process for palliative care recipients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09699260
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Progress in Palliative Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120493287
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09699260.2016.1243822