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 HARVARD GLOBAL EQUITY INITIATIVE – LANCET COMMISSION ON GLOBAL ACCESS TO PAIN CONTROL AND PALLIATIVE CARE (GAPCPC) READING LIST RECOMMENDED READING Pain Control and Palliative Care De Lima L, Wenk R, Krakauer E, Ferris F, Bennett M, Murray S, Bruera E, Radbruch L (2013) Global framework for noncommunicable diseases: how can we monitor palliative care? Journal of palliative medicine; 16(3): 226‐229. Full Article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3698669/. Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2014) Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Full Report: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2014/Dying‐In‐America‐Improving‐Quality‐and‐Honoring‐Individual‐
Preferences‐Near‐the‐End‐of‐Life.aspx Lohman D, Schleifer, Amon JJ (2010) Access to Pain Treatment as a Human Right. BMC Medicine; 8(8). Full Article: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741‐7015/8/8. Steedman M, Hughes‐Hallett T, Knaul FM, Knuth A, Shamieh O, Darzi A. (2014) Innovation Can Improve and Expand Aspects of End‐of‐Life Care in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. Health Affairs; 33(9). Abstract: http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/33/9/1612.abstract?rss=1. Health Systems Atun R, de Jongh TE, Secci FV, Ohiri K, Adeyi O, Car J (2011). Integration of priority population, health and nutrition interventions into health systems: systematic review. BMC Public Health, 11. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21985434 Frenk J (2006). Bridging the divide: global lessons from evidence‐based health policy in Mexico. Lancet, 369(9539): 954‐61. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606693768/abstract Frenk J (1993) Dimensions of health system reform. Health Policy; 27(1): 19‐34. Abstract: http://www.healthpolicyjrnl.com/article/0168‐8510%2894%2990155‐4/abstract. Frenk J (2010) The Global Health System: Strengthening National Health Systems as the Next Step for Global Progress. PLoS Med 7(1): e1000089. Abstract: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000089. Murray CJL, Frenk J (2000) A framework for assessing the performance of health systems. Bulletin of World Health Organization; 78(6): 717‐731. Full article: http://www.who.int/bulletin/archives/78%286%29717.pdf. Ooms G, Van Damme W, Baker BK, Zeitz P, Schrecker T (2008). The ‘diagonal’ approach to Global Fund financing: a cure for the broader malaise of health systems. Global Health, 4(6): 1‐7. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750586/ Sepúlveda J, Bustreo F, Tapia R, et al (2006). Improvement of child survival in Mexico: the diagonal approach. Lancet, 368(9551): 2017‐2027. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2806%2969569‐X/fulltext World Health Organization (2009) Maximizing Positive Synergies Collaborative Group. An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems. Lancet, 373(9681): 2137‐69. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19541040 Universal Health Coverage Theme Issue in Lancet (2012) – http://www.thelancet.com/themed‐universal‐health‐coverage Knaul FM, González‐Pier E, Gómez‐Dantés O, García‐Junco D, Arreola‐Ornelas H. Barraza‐Lloréns M, Sandoval R, Caballero F, Hernández‐Avila M, Juan M, Kershenobich D, Nigenda G, Ruelas E, Sepúlveda J, Tapia R, Soberón G, Chertorivski S, Frenk J (2012) The quest for universal health coverage: achieving social protection for all in Mexico. The Lancet; 380(9849):1259‐1279. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2812%2961068‐X/abstract O'Connell T, Rasanathan K, Chopra M (2014) What does universal health coverage mean? The Lancet; 383(9913):277‐279. Abstact: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐
6736%2813%2960955‐1/fulltext. Lancet Commissions Reports The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health – Global Health 2015 Jamison D T, Summers L H, Alleyne G, Arrow K J , Berkley S, Binagwaho A et al (2013). Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation. The Lancet; 382(9908):1898‐1955. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2813%2962105‐4/fulltext The Imperial College London/ Lancet Commission – Technologies for Global Health Howitt P, Darzi A, Yang G, Ashrafian H, Atun R, Barlow J et al (2012). Technologies for global health. The Lancet; 380(9840):507‐535. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470‐2045%2813%2970048‐2/fulltext The HSPH/Lancet Commissions – Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century Frenk J, Chen L, Bhutta Z A, Cohen J, Crisp N, Evans T et al (2010). Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world. The Lancet; 376(9756):1923‐1958. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2810%2961854‐5/fulltext ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MATERIAL Additional Literature on Pain Control and Palliative Care Abu‐Saad Huijer H, Sagherian K, Tamim H, Naifeh Khoury M, Abboud MR (2013) Quality of palliative care in children with cancer in Lebanon. J Med Liban; 61(4):228‐36. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24428078 Asha KP, Indu D , Roopasree MS, Lal RR, Roshni VG (2014) Clinical Symptoms and Psycho social Problems of Cancer Patients Attending Pain and Palliative Care Clinic. Journal of Academia and Industrial Research (JAIR); 2(10). Full Article: http://www.jairjp.com/MARCH%202014/07%20ASHA.pdf Behmann M, Jünger S, Radbruch L, Schneider N. Public health actions to improve palliative care in Germany: Results of a three‐round Delphi study. Health Policy, 106 (2012) 303– 312. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22542603 Brennan F. (2007) Palliative Care as an International Human Right. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; 33(5): 494‐499. Full Article: http://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885‐
3924%2807%2900155‐8/fulltext. Carduff E, Finucance A, Kendall M, Jarvis A, Harrison N, Greenacre J, Murray S (2014). Understanding the barriers to identifying carers of people with supportive and palliative care needs in primary care. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 4:A1–A110. Abstract: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471‐2296/15/48/ Centeno C (2014). International research: Comparison and collaboration to understand and promote palliative care. Palliative Medicine, Vol 28(2) 99–100. Full Article: http://www.eapcnet.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=jJxSN3ZFe2E%3D Cherny, NI, Cleary J, Scholten W, Radbruch L and Torode J. (2013) The Global Opioid Policy Initiative (GOPI) project to evaluate the availability and accessibility of opioids for the management of cancer pain in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East: introduction and methodology; 24(suppl 11):xi7 ‐ xi13. Abstract: http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/suppl_11/xi7.abstract Cleary J, Ddungu H, Distelhorst SR, Ripamonti C, Rodin GM, Bushnaq MA, Clegg‐Lamptey JN, Connor SR, Diwani MB, Eniu A, Harford JB, Kumar S, Rajagopal MR, Thompson B, Gralow JR, Anderson BO. Supportive and palliative care for metastatic breast cancer: Resource allocations in low‐ and middle‐income countries (2013). A Breast Health Global Initiative 2013 consensus statement. The Breast, 22 (2013). Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23972474 De Lima L, Pastrana T, Radbruch L, Wenk R. (2014) Cross‐Sectional Pilot Study to Monitor the Availability, Dispensed Prices, and Affordability of Opioids Around the Globe. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. S0885‐3924(14). Full Article: http://pmj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/12/0269216314538893.abstract. Ela S, Espinosa J, Martınez‐Munoz M, Lasmarias C, Beas E, Mateo‐Ortega D, Novellas A, Gomez‐
Batiste X (2014). The WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Palliative Care Programs: An Innovative Approach of Palliative Care Development. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 17(4). Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24432817. Foley, KM (2011) How well is cancer pain treated? Journal Palliative Medicine. 25(5):398‐401. Abstract: http://pmj.sagepub.com/content/25/5/398.abstract. Gilson AM, Maurer MA, Lebaron VT, Ryan KM, Cleary JF (2013) Multivariate analysis of countries’ government and health‐care system influences on opioid availability for cancer pain relief and palliative care: More than a function of human development. Journal Palliative Medicine; 27(2):105‐14. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23104512. Gwyther L. (2014) Palliative care in chronic disease. South African medical journal; 104(2). Full Article: http://samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/view/7683. Harding R, Albertyn R, Sherr L, Gwyther L. (2014) Pediatric palliative care in sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the evidence for care models, interventions, and outcomes. Journal of pain and symptom management; 47(3): 642‐651. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23972573. Gómez‐Batiste X, Martínez‐Muñoz M, Blay C, Amblàs J, Vila L, Costa X, Espaulella J, Espinosa J, Constante C, Mitchell GK (2014). Prevalence and characteristics of patients with advanced chronic conditions in need of palliative care in the general population: A cross‐sectional study. Palliative Medicine, 28(4) 302‐311. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24403380 Gwyther L (2014). Palliative Care as a Human Right. In I Magrath (Ed) Cancer Control 2014. Woodbridge, UK: Global Health Dynamics. Full Article: http://www.cancercontrol.info/wp‐
content/uploads/2014/08/116‐121‐Gwyther.pdf Ho TH, Barbera L, Saskin R, Lu H, Neville BA, Earle CC (2011). Trends in the Aggressiveness of End‐
of‐Life Cancer Care in the Universal Health Care System of Ontario, Canada. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 29(12). Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21402603 Krakauer EL, Wenk R, Buitrago R, Jenkins P, Scholten W. (2010) Opioid inaccessibility and its human consequences: reports from the field. J Pain Palliat Care Pharma; 24(3):239‐43. Full Abstract: http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s19901en/s19901en.pdf Kwon HK (2014). Overcoming Barriers in Cancer Pain Management. Journal of Clinical Oncology, JCO Jul 1, 2014:2117. http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/early/2014/05/05/JCO.2013.52.4827 Lamas D, Rosenbaum L (2012) Painful inequalities – Palliative care in developing countries. New England Journal of Medicine; 366(3). Full Article: https://rocketcare.utoledo.edu/disastermedicine/wp‐content/uploads/2012/02/PalliativeCare‐
ThirdWorld.pdf. Lewis JM, DiGiacomo M, Currow DC, Davidson PM (2011). Dying in the margins: Understanding palliative care and socioeconomic deprivation in the developed world. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 42(1). Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21402460 Lynch T, Connor S, Clark D (2013). Mapping levels of palliative care development: A global update. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 45(6) :1094‐106. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23017628 Murray SA, Kendall M, Boyd K, Sheikh A (2005). Illness trajectories and palliative care. BMJ, Vol 330. 30 April 2005. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15860828 Pastrana T, Torres‐Vigil I, De Lima L. (2014) Palliative Care Development in Latin America: An analysis using macro indicators. Palliat Med. DOI: 10.1177/0269216314538893. Abstract: http://pmj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/12/0269216314538893.abstract. Powell RA, Radbruch L, Mwangi‐Powell FN, Cleary J, Cherny N. (2014). Failing to numb the pain: The untreated epidemic. SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 104(2), 117‐118. Full Article: http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S0256‐95742014000200020&script=sci_arttext. Powell RA, Munene G, Mwangi‐Powell FN, Luyirika E, Kiyange F, Merriman A, Scholten W, Radbruch L, Torode J, Cherny NI. (2013) Formulary availability and regulatory barriers to accessibility of opioids for cancer pain in Africa: a report from the Global Opioid Policy Initiative (GOPI). Journal Annals of oncology; 24(Suppl 11):xi14‐23. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24285225. Radbruch L, Payne S, de Lima L, Lohmann D. (2013) The Lisbon challenge: acknowledging palliative care as a human right. Journal of palliative medicine; 16(3):301‐304. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23368979. Rajagopal M, Joad AK, Muckaden M, George R, Gupta H, Leng ME, Palat G, Patel F, Raghavan B, Reddy SK, Sunilkumar M, Tiruvadanan M, Connor SR (2011) Where is the evidence for pain, suffering, and relief‐can narrative help fill the void? Journal of pain & palliative care pharmacotherapy; 25(1):25‐28. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21426214. Saad R, Huijer HA, Noureddine S, Muwakkit S, Saab R, Abboud MR. (2011) Bereaved parental evaluation of the quality of a palliative care program in Lebanon. Pediatr Blood Cancer; 57(2): 310‐
6. Abstract: https://scholarworks.aub.edu.lb/bitstream/handle/10938/9742/Saad_R_2011_Pediatr_Blood_Can
cer.pdf?sequence=1 Sussman J, Barbera L, Bainbridge D, Howell D, Yang J, Husain A, Librach SL, Viola R and Walker H (2012). Health system characteristics of quality care delivery: A comparative case study examination of palliative care for cancer patients in four regions in Ontario, Canada. Palliative Medicine, 26: 322. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21831915 Uwimana J, Struthers P. (2007) Met and unmet palliative care needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda. SAHARA J;4(1):575‐85. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18040536 Yamaguchi T, Kuriya M, Morita T, Agar M, Choi YS, Goh C, Lingegowda KB, Lim R, Liu RK, MacLeod R, Ocampo R, Cheng SY, Phungrassami T, Nguyen YP, Tsuneto S (2014) Palliative care development in the Asia‐Pacific region: an international survey from the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN). BMJ Support Palliat Care. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25012126 Select Country Examples Colombia Marta Leon, Sandra Florez, Liliana De Lima, Karen Ryan (2011) Integrating palliative care in public health: The Colombian experience following an International Pain Policy Fellowship. Palliat Med; 25(4): 365‐369. Full Article: http://www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/sites/www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/files/Leon_2011_Integrating%20
palliative%20care_0.pdf India Elsner F, Schmidt J, Rajagopal MR, Radbruch L, Pestinger M. (2012) Psychosocial and spiritual problems of terminally ill patients in Kerala, India Journal Future oncology; 8(9):1183‐1191. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23030492 Lebaron V, Beck SL, Maurer M, Black F, Palat G. (2014) An ethnographic study of barriers to cancer pain management and opioid availability in India. Oncologist; 19(5):515‐22. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24755460. Rajagopal, M. (2014) Creation of minimum standard tool for palliative care in India and self‐
evaluation of palliative care programs using it. Journal Indian Journal of Palliative Care; 209(3). Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191007. Rajagopal MR, Joad AK, Muckaden M, George R, Gupta H, Leng ME, Palat G, Patel F, Raghavan B, Reddy SK, Sunilkumar M, Tiruvadanan M, Connor SR (2014) Creation of minimum standard tool for palliative care in India and self‐evaluation of palliative care programs using it. Journal Indian Journal of Palliative Care; 20(3). Full Article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4154167/ Vietnam Krakauer EL, Cham NT, Khue LN (2010) Vietnam's palliative care initiative: successes and challenges in the first five years. Journal of pain and symptom management; 40(1). Full Article: http://www.massgeneral.org/palliativecare/assets/pdf/Vietnam_Palliative_Care_Initiative_Succes
ses_and_Challenges_In_the_First_Five_Years.pdf. Additional Literature on Health Systems Atun R, Pothapregada SK, Kwansah J, et al (2011). Critical interactions between the Global Fund‐
supported HIV programs and the health system in Ghana, JAIDS‐J ACQ IMM DEF, 57: S72‐S76. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21857300 Frenk J, Sepulveda J, Gomez‐Dantes O, McGuinness MJ, Knaul F (1997) The new world order and international health, BMJ; 314: 1404‐7. Full article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2126640/pdf/9161318.pdf. Price JE, Leslie JA, Welsh M, Binagwaho A (2009). Integrating HIV clinical services into primary health care in Rwanda: a measure of quantitative effects. AIDS Care; 21: 608–14. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19444669 Rasschaert F, Pirard M, Philips MP, Atun R et al (2011). Positive spill‐over effects of ART scale up on wider health systems development: evidence from Ethiopia and Malawi. J Int AIDS Soc, 14(1). Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3194148/ Tudor CL, van‐Velthoven MH, Brusamento S, Atun R (2011). Integrating prevention of mother‐to‐
child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programmes with other health services for preventing HIV infection and improving HIV outcomes in developing countries. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21678382 Additional Literature on Universal Health Coverage India: Towards Universal Health Coverage ‐ http://www.thelancet.com/series/india‐towards‐universal‐health‐coverage Marten R, McIntyre D, Travassos C, Shishkin S, Longde W, Reddy S, Vega J (2014) An assessment of progress towards universal health coverage in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) The Lancet. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐
6736%2814%2960075‐1/abstract Saleh SS, Alameddine MS, Natafgi NM, Mataria A, Sabri B, Nasher J, Zeiton M, Ahmad S, Siddiqi S (2014) The path towards universal health coverage in the Arab uprising countries Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. The Lancet; 383(9914):368‐381. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2813%2962339‐9/abstract. Additional Lancet Commission Reports The Lancet Oncology Commission – Cancer Control in China, India and Russia Goss P E, Strasser‐Weipp K, Lee‐Bychkovsky B L, Fan L, Li J, Chavarri‐Guerra Y et al (2014). Challenges to effective cancer control in China, India, and Russia. The Lancet Oncology; 15(5):489‐
538. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470‐2045%2814%2970029‐
4/fulltext The Lancet—University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health Ottersen O P, Dasgupta J, Blouin C, Buss P, Chongsuvivatwong V, Frenk J at al (2014). The political origins of health inequity: prospects for change. The Lancet; 383(9917):630‐667. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2813%2962407‐1/fulltext The Lancet Infectious Diseases Commission Laxminarayan R, Duse A, Wattal C, Zaidi A, Wertheim H, Sumpradit N et al (2013). Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions. The Lancet Infectious Diseases; 13(12):1057‐109. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473‐3099%2813%2970318‐
9/fulltext The Lancet Oncology Commission – Cancer Control in Latin America and the Caribbean Goss PE, Lee PL, Badovinac‐Crnjevic T, Strasser‐Weippl K, Chavarri‐Guerra Y (2013) Planning cancer control in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Lancet Oncology; 14(5):391‐436. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470‐2045%2813%2970048‐2/fulltext. The UCL/Lancet Commission – Shaping Cities for Health Rydin Y, Bleahu A, Davies M, Dávila J D, Friel S et al (2012). Shaping cities for health: complexity and the planning of urban environments in the 21st century. The Lancet; 379(9831):2079‐2108. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2812%2960435‐
8/fulltext The Lancet Oncology Commission – Cancer Care in High Income Countries Sullivan R, Peppercorn J, Sikora K, Zalcberg J, Meropol NJ et al (2011) Delivering affordable cancer care in high‐income countries. The Lancet Oncology; 12(10):933‐980. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470‐2045%2811%2970141‐3/fulltext London International Development Centre (LIDC)/Lancet Commission Waage J, Banerji R, Campbell O, Chirwa E, Collender G, Dieltiens V et al (2010). The Millennium Development Goals: a cross‐sectoral analysis and principles for goal setting after 2015. The Lancet; 376(9745):991‐1023. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐
6736%2810%2961196‐8/fulltext The UCL/Lancet Commission – Climate Change Costello A, Abbas M, Allen A, Ball S, Bell S, Bellamy R et al (2009). Managing the health effects of climate change. The Lancet; 373(9676):1693‐1733. Abstract: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2809%2960935‐1/fulltext ORGANIZATIONAL REFERENCES Harvard Global Equity Initiative (HGEI) ‐ http://hgei.harvard.edu *Fact Sheet: 10 Facts about Pain and Palliation http://hgei.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic662843.files/Pain_and_palliation_fact_sheet_rev4.pd
f. Blog: Closing the Global Pain Divide http://www.huffingtonpost.com/felicia‐m‐knaul/closing‐the‐global‐pain‐
divide_b_3963838.html Project: Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control (GTF.CCC) http://gtfccc.harvard.edu Report: Closing the Cancer Divide: A Blueprint to Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control http://gtfccc.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic1063570.files/ccd_report_111027.pdf *Report Overview: Closing the Cancer Divide: A Blueprint to Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control Book: Closing the Cancer Divide: An Equity Imperative http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780982914403&content=book Journal Article: Expansion of cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: a call to action http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2810%2961152‐X/abstract Journal Article: Seizing the opportunity to close the cancer divide http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140‐6736%2813%2960176‐
2/fulltext#article_upsell Fact Sheets: Various http://gtfccc.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k69586&pageid=icb.page417939 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) ‐ http://www.asco.org/ Journal Article: Palliative Cancer Care a Decade Later: Accomplishments, the Need, Next Steps—From the American Society of Clinical Oncology http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/27/18/3052.full.pdf+html European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) – http://www.esmo.org/ Data: Data available by region from Global Opioid Policy Initiative (GOPI) on availability and accessibility of opioids http://www.esmo.org/Policy/Global‐Opioid‐Policy‐Initiative Human Rights Watch (HRW) ‐ http://www.hrw.org *Report: Please Do Not Make Us Suffer Anymore: Access to Pain Treatment as a Human Right (2009) http://www.hrw.org/reports/2009/03/02/please‐do‐not‐make‐us‐suffer‐any‐more *Report: Global State of Pain Treatment: Access to Medicines and Palliative Care (2011) http://www.hrw.org/reports/2011/06/02/global‐state‐pain‐treatment‐0 *Report: No Time to Waste: Evidence‐Based Treatment for Drug Dependence at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (2014) http://www.hrw.org/reports/2014/07/01/no‐time‐waste Please see further readings recommended by HRW appended at the end of this list. Institute of Medicine (IOM) ‐ http://www.iom.edu/ Report Summary: Improving Palliative Care for Cancer: Summary and Recommendations http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2003/Improving‐Palliative‐Care‐for‐Cancer‐Summary‐and‐
Recommendations.aspx Report: Improving Palliative Care for Cancer http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2003/Improving‐Palliative‐Care‐for‐Cancer.aspx Report: When Children Die: Improving Palliative and End‐of‐Life Care for Children and Their Families http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10390 International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) ‐ http://www.hospicecare.com *Journal Article: Ensuring Palliative Medicine Availability: The Development of the IAHPC List of Essential Medicines for Palliative Care http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0885‐
3924/PIIS088539240700108X.pdf *Manual: The IAHPC Manual of Palliative Care 3rd Edition http://hospicecare.com/uploads/2013/9/The%20IAHPC%20Manual%20of%20Palliative%20Care
%203e.pdf Directory: Global Directory of Palliative Care Services and Organizations http://hospicecare.com/global‐directory‐of‐providers‐organizations/ Directory: Global Directory of Education in Palliative Care https://www.hospicecare.com/global‐palliative‐care/global‐directory‐of‐education‐programs/ Dictionary: Pallipedia http://pallipedia.org/main‐page.php Newsletter: Various http://hospicecare.com/resources/publications/newsletter/ *Lists: IAHPC Palliative Care Essentials http://hospicecare.com/about‐iahpc/projects/palliative‐care‐essentials/ Please see the IAHPC website for additional resources including information on international treaties, UN documents, Member States’ documents and others, International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) ‐ http://www.icpcn.org/ Book: Touching Rainbows – Acknowledging the Child’s Voice in Palliative Care Position paper: Pain Relief for Children: A Global Issue http://www.icpcn.org/wp‐
content/uploads/2013/07/ICPCN_Position_paper_on_Pain_in_children.pdf Report: Children’s Palliative Care in South Africa – The facts http://www.icpcn.org/wp‐
content/uploads/2013/07/Children_s_Palliative_Care_in_South_Africa_‐_The_Facts.pdf Open Society http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/ *Report: Access to Palliative Care: A Neglected Component of the Right to Health http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/access‐palliative‐care‐neglected‐component‐
right‐health Fact Sheet: Palliative Care as a Human Right http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/palliative‐care‐human‐right‐fact‐sheet Video: Hear the Silent Sufferers: Palliative Care and Pain Relief as Human Rights http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/hear‐silent‐sufferers‐palliative‐care‐and‐pain‐
relief‐human‐rights Video: Dying in Dignity http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/multimedia/dying‐dignity Video: When Relieving Suffering Means Removing Legal Burdens http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/when‐relieving‐suffering‐means‐removing‐
legal‐burdens Treat the Pain ‐ http://www.treatthepain.org/ *Fact Sheet: Access to Essential Pain Medicines Brief www.treatthepain.org/Assets/Fact%20sheet%20June%202013.pdf Country Reports: Various http://www.treatthepain.org/country_reports.html Journal Article: O’Brien M, Mwangi‐Powell F, Adewole IF, Soyannwo O, Amandua J, Ogaja E, Okpeseyi M, Ali Z, Kiwanuka R, Merriman A (2013). Improving access to analgesic drugs for patients with cancer in sub‐Saharan Africa. Lancet Oncology, 14(4): e176 ‐ e182. *Framework: The Morphine Framework http://www.treatthepain.org/Assets/Treat%20the%20Pain%20morphine%20framework.pdf Brief: Access to Essential Pain Medicines Brief (2011). http://treatthepain.org/data.html Video: Various http://www.treatthepain.org/videos.html Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) ‐ http://www.uicc.org Backgrounder: Global Access to Pain Relief: Evidence for Action http://www.uicc.org/sites/default/files/private/PalliativeCare_Backgrounder_UICC.pdf Journal Article: The Global Opioid Policy Initiative (GOPI) project to evaluate the availability and accessibility of opioids for the management of cancer pain in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East: introduction and methodology http://www.uicc.org/sites/default/files/private/GOPI_Introduction.pdf Brief: Global Alliance to Pain Relief Initiative (GAPRI). Access to Essential Pain Medicines Brief http://wwwgapri.org/understand‐problem World Health Organization (WHO) ‐ http://www.who.int/en/ Book: Global Atlas of palliative care at the end of life http://www.who.int/cancer/publications/palliative‐care‐atlas/en/ Briefing Note: Access to Controlled Medications Programme: Improving access to medications controlled under international drug conventions. http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/quality_safety/ACMP_BrNoteGenrl_EN_Feb09.pdf Report: Ensuring balance in national policies on controlled substances: Guidance for Availability and Accessibility of Controlled Medicines. http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s18050en/s18050en.pdf *WHO Palliative Care Resolution: Strengthening of palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course. http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_R7‐en.pdf *Report (by Secretariat): Strengthening of palliative care as a component of integrated treatment throughout the life course. http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_28‐en.pdf. World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) ‐ http://www.wish‐qatar.org/ *Report: Dying healed: Transforming End‐of‐Life Care Through Innovation http://www.wish‐qatar.org/app/media/386 Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) ‐ http://www.thewpca.org/ *Report: Global Atlas of Palliative Care at the End of Life http://www.thewpca.org/resources/global‐atlas‐of‐palliative‐care/ Toolkit: Palliative Care Toolkit ‐ Improving care from the roots up in resource limited settings http://www.thewpca.org/resources/ Other Key Organizations/Initiatives1 African Palliative Care Association (APCA) 1
In addition to the above global/regional listings, there are many countries with national organizations/associations that work on palliative care and we invite you to search for these specifically. http://www.africanpalliativecare.org/ American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) http://www.aahpm.org/ Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative Care Network (APHN) http://aphn.org/ Asociacion Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos (ALCP) http://cuidadospaliativos.org/home/ Ehospice https://www.ehospice.com European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) http://www.eapcnet.eu/ Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) http://www.hpna.org/ International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research Palliative Access (INCTR PAX) http://www.inctr.org/programs/palliative‐care‐pax/ Pain and Policy Studies Group (PPSG)/WHO Collaborating Center at the University of Wisconsin http://www.painpolicy.wisc.edu/ Current Affairs on Pain and Palliation February 21, 2014: Amendment to Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act approved by Upper House in Parliament in India http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/02/21/india‐major‐breakthrough‐pain‐patients Background: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/12/an‐epidemic‐of‐pain‐
in‐india.html April 14, 2014: National Palliative Care Law approved by Supreme Court in Colombia http://www.elpais.com.co/elpais/colombia/noticias/libre‐ley‐da‐cuidados‐paliativos‐pacientes‐
terminales (Spanish) Short Films http://www.lifebeforedeath.com/movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHBni1BUJz0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lPLkYHOSao#t=14