Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System

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International Journal of Cuban Studies

Volume 10, Issue 2

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Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System

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Author(s): Karen Valdés Álvarez , Stephen Wilkinson

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2018

Journal: International Journal of Cuban Studies

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Keywords: hospice, palliative care, palliative attention, aging population

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Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50005551

Journal ID (jcode): intejcubastud

Title: International Journal of Cuban Studies

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN: 1756-3461

ISSN: 1756-347X

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2018

Volume: 10

Issue: 2 ( doiID: 10.13169/intejcubastud.10.issue-2 )

Pages: 230-237

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Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras, Havana

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Keywords: palliative care,hospice,palliative attention,aging population

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Cassell, E. (2009) La persona como sujeto de la medicina. 1a ed. Fundació Victor Grífols i Lucas (ed.). Barcelona: Fundació Victor Grífols i Lucas.
Ferris, F. D., H. M. Balfour, K. Bowen, J. Farley, M. Hardwick, C. Lamontagne, et al. (2002) ‘A Model to Guide Patient and Family Care: Based on Nationally Accepted Principles and Norms of Practice’, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 24:106–23.
Lutz, S. (2011) ‘The History of Hospice and Palliative Care’, Current Problems in Cancer 35:304–09.
Maslow, A. (2014) A Theory of Human Motivation. Floyd, VA: Sublime Books.
Max-Neef, M. A. (2006) Desarrollo a escala humana. Conceptos, aplicaciones y algunas reflexiones. Barcelona: Icaria.
Morin, E. (1998) Introducción al pensamiento complejo. Barcelona: Gedisa, 37–111.
ONEI (2016a) Anuario estadístico de Cuba 2015. http://www.one.cu/aec2015.htm. Accessed 08/12/18.
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Pessini, L. and L. Bertachini (2006) ‘Nuevas perspectivas en cuidados paliativos’, Acta Bioethica 12 (2) http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S1726-569X2006000200012
Saunders, C. (2004) ‘Foreword’, in D. Doyle, G. Hanks, N. Cherny and K. Calman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, xvii–xx.

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[1] Boyd, K. and S. A. Murray (2010) ‘Recognising and Managing Key Transitions in End of Life Care’, British Medical Journal 341:c4863.

[2] Cassell, E. (2009) La persona como sujeto de la medicina. 1a ed. Fundació Victor Grífols i Lucas (ed.). Barcelona: Fundació Victor Grífols i Lucas.

[3] Ferris, F. D., H. M. Balfour, K. Bowen, J. Farley, M. Hardwick, C. Lamontagne, et al. (2002) ‘A Model to Guide Patient and Family Care: Based on Nationally Accepted Principles and Norms of Practice’, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 24:106–23.

[4] Lutz, S. (2011) ‘The History of Hospice and Palliative Care’, Current Problems in Cancer 35:304–09.

[5] Maslow, A. (2014) A Theory of Human Motivation. Floyd, VA: Sublime Books.

[6] Max-Neef, M. A. (2006) Desarrollo a escala humana. Conceptos, aplicaciones y algunas reflexiones. Barcelona: Icaria.

[7] Morin, E. (1998) Introducción al pensamiento complejo. Barcelona: Gedisa, 37–111.

[8] ONEI (2016a) Anuario estadístico de Cuba 2015. http://www.one.cu/aec2015.htm. Accessed 08/12/18.

[9] ONEI (2016b) Envejecimiento de la población cubana 2015. http://www.one.cu/sitioone2006.asp. Accessed 08/12/18.

[10] Pessini, L. and L. Bertachini (2006) ‘Nuevas perspectivas en cuidados paliativos’, Acta Bioethica 12 (2) http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S1726-569X2006000200012

[11] Saunders, C. (2004) ‘Foreword’, in D. Doyle, G. Hanks, N. Cherny and K. Calman (eds) Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, xvii–xx.