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The evolution of serious health-related suffering from 1990 to 2021: an update to The Lancet Commission on global access to palliative care and pain relief.
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Knaul FM, Arreola-Ornelas H, Kwete XJ, Bhadelia A, Rosa WE, Touchton M, Méndez-Carniado O, Vargas Enciso V, Pastrana T, Friedman JR, Connor SR, Downing J, Jamison DT, Krakauer EL, Watkins D, Calderon-Anyosa R, Garcia-Santisteban R, Nargund RS, Cleary J, De Lima L, Gafer N, Grant L, Ntizimira C, Pérez-Cruz PE, Rajagopal MR, Spence D, Vila P, Radbruch LAbstract
The Lancet Commission on global access to palliative care and pain relief introduced the concept of serious health-related suffering (SHS) to measure the worldwide dearth of palliative care. This Article provides an extended analysis of SHS from 1990 to 2021 and the corresponding global palliative care need.