Background Despite the significant benefits of palliative care (PC) services for cancer
patients, multiple challenges hinder the provision of PC services for these patients. Low-and …

Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families
facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness through the prevention and relief …

Background Patients with palliative needs experience high psychological and symptom
distress that may lead to hopelessness and impaired sense of dignity. Maintaining patient …

Background Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women globally. The North
Africa and Middle East (NAME) region is coping hard with the burden of BC. We aimed to …

Context Evidence from prior public health emergencies demonstrates palliative care's
importance to manage symptoms, make advance care plans, and improve end-of-life …

Background: Indicators assessing national-level palliative care (PC) development used for
cross-national comparison depict progress on this field. There is current interest on its …

Introduction Opioid prescribing trends have been investigated in many countries. However,
the patterns of over-the-counter purchases of opioids without a prescription, such as codeine …

National cancer control planning is crucial for countries in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean
region. This region is challenged with an increase in cancer incidence leading to substantial …

A scarcity in research assessing the palliative care (PC) educational and health care system–
related issues has been reported in the Middle East region; the region comprises a wide …

Globally, 40 million people need palliative care; about 69% are people over 60 years of age.
The highest proportion (78%) of adults are from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …