Palliative Care
The Open Society Foundations work to improve quality of life for patients with chronic and life-limiting illnesses, through the provision of pain relief, and by addressing the psychosocial, legal, and spiritual challenges they and their families face.
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Children Around the World Aren’t Getting the Palliative Care They Need
Myths, fears, and more keep children with life-limiting illness from the mind, body, and spiritual care they have a right to.
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Ukraine Applies Anti-Torture Standards to Health Care
Since deciding the Convention against Torture applies to health facilities, Ukraine has helped patients get the palliative care they need.
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A Human Rights Treaty Finally Recognizes the Right to Palliative Care
Latin American signatories to a groundbreaking resolution vow to provide pain medication, psychological services, and other support to dying patients.
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The Open Society Foundations Remember “Bo” Burt
As a board member for the Project on Death in America, Burt worked tirelessly to transform the culture of dying in the United States.
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A Global Victory for Palliative Care
The first-ever World Health Organization resolution on palliative care charts a path for proper care and treatment for patients across the world with life-threatening illness.
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When Relieving Suffering Means Removing Legal Burdens
Caring for patients at the end of life often means more than just pain relief. That's why the Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association began training health care providers to become paralegals.
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Older People and the Right to Freedom from Suffering
They are the most rapidly growing segment of the population in the world. The rights of older people can no longer be ignored—including the right to palliative care.
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When Storytelling Makes a Difference between Pain and Peace
A group in Ukraine is pushing for pain relief and other treatment by encouraging patients to stand up and tell their stories.