iii A WHO guide for planners, implementers and managers
Contents Foreword ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------v Acknowledgements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vi Abbreviations and acronyms ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- vii Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Chapter 1. What is palliative care? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Chapter 2. Access to palliative care ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Chapter 3. What is primary care and why should palliative care be integrated into it? -- 13 Chapter 4. Essential Package of Palliative Care for Primary Health Care -------------------- 19 Chapter 5. Implementing palliative care in primary care ----------------------------------------- 29 Chapter 6. Ensuring access to essential controlled medicines ----------------------------------- 41 Chapter 7. Integration of palliative care strengthens public health systems and promotes UHC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 Chapter 8. Need for research and quality improvement ------------------------------------------ 49 References --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------53 Annex 1 Declaration of Alma-Ata (1978) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61
Annex 2 Sixty-second World Health Assembly resolution WHA62.12 on Primary health care, including
health system strengthening ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 63
Annex 3 Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly resolution WHA69.24 on Strengthening integrated,
people-centred health services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65
Annex 4 Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly resolution WHA67.19 on Strengthening of palliative care
as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course ------------------------------------ 67
