Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System
<p class="first" id="d136910e76">Palliative care proposes multidimensional attention to the needs of patients with advanced or terminal illness, as well as their families. This group of patients include those with oncological diseases, pr...
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| description | <p class="first" id="d136910e76">Palliative care proposes multidimensional attention to the needs of patients with
advanced or terminal illness, as well as their families. This group of patients include
those with
oncological diseases, progressive chronic illnesses as a result of organic insufficiencies
and geriatric patients with multiple conditions. In developed countries, it is estimated
that 60 per cent of the population will die from one of these causes and therefore
require special care. The countries of Latin America are not far from this problem;
Cuba among
them, with 19 per cent of the population aged 60 years or older, a death rate from
non-communicable chronic diseases of 712.4 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants and where
malignant
tumours already occupy the first cause of mortality. This article argues that despite
having a public health system that covers 100 per cent of the population and recognition
by
administrative structures and decision-makers of the need to plan strategies to face
these challenges, these efforts are insufficient. The development of palliative care
in Cuba is
not only a new challenge but also a moral and material need, inherent to truly social
medicine.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8d684e8f7df481ebd5aea46c4cb38e12023-05-12T08:45:04ZengPluto JournalsInternational Journal of Cuban Studies1756-34611756-347X2018-11-0110223023710.13169/intejcubastud.10.2.0230Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health SystemKaren Valdés ÁlvarezStephen Wilkinson<p class="first" id="d136910e76">Palliative care proposes multidimensional attention to the needs of patients with advanced or terminal illness, as well as their families. This group of patients include those with oncological diseases, progressive chronic illnesses as a result of organic insufficiencies and geriatric patients with multiple conditions. In developed countries, it is estimated that 60 per cent of the population will die from one of these causes and therefore require special care. The countries of Latin America are not far from this problem; Cuba among them, with 19 per cent of the population aged 60 years or older, a death rate from non-communicable chronic diseases of 712.4 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants and where malignant tumours already occupy the first cause of mortality. This article argues that despite having a public health system that covers 100 per cent of the population and recognition by administrative structures and decision-makers of the need to plan strategies to face these challenges, these efforts are insufficient. The development of palliative care in Cuba is not only a new challenge but also a moral and material need, inherent to truly social medicine. </p>https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/intejcubastud.10.2.0230 |
| spellingShingle | Karen Valdés Álvarez Stephen Wilkinson Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System International Journal of Cuban Studies |
| title | Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System |
| title_full | Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System |
| title_fullStr | Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System |
| title_short | Palliative Care: A Future Challenge for the Cuban Health System |
| title_sort | palliative care a future challenge for the cuban health system |
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