Where there is no morphine: The challenge and hope of palliative care delivery in Tanzania

• Main Authors: Kristopher Hartwig (Author), Mervyn Dean (Author), Kari Hartwig (Author), Paul Z. Mmbando (Author), Abduraoof Sayed (Author), Elma de Vries (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In Tanzania, a country of 42 million, access to oral morphine is rare. Aim: To demonstrate the effectiveness of palliative care teams in reducing patients' pain and in increasing other positive life qualities in the absence of morphine; and to document the psychological burden exper...