The global burden of rheumatic heart disease continues to be significant although it is
largely limited to poor and marginalized populations. In most endemic regions, affected …

When a child is diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, one of the most challenging
tasks facing health-care professionals is how to communicate this to the child, and to their …

World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19 states that universal access to palliative care–the
prevention and relief of suffering due to serious or life-threatening health problems or their …

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports
that, in 2015, nearly 125 million people needed humanitarian assistance worldwide (1). Yet …

People younger than 20 years comprise 35% of the global population and 40% of the global
population of least-developed nations (1). The number of children–neonates, infants …

Morphinan-based painkillers are derived from opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.). We
report a draft of the opium poppy genome, with 2.72 gigabases assembled into 11 …

Background Over the last decades, consumption of opioids for the treatment of pain
increased steadily in the United States, Australia, and a few European countries. To date, no …

Objective To assess the association between long term prescription opioid treatment
medically dispensed for non-cancer pain and the initiation of injection drug use (IDU) among …

The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work is a comprehensive, evidence-informed text
that addresses the needs of professionals who provide interdisciplinary, culturally sensitive …

1 Cloete A, Wabiri N, Savva H, van der Merwe L, Simbayi L. The Botshelo Ba Trans study
results of the first HIV prevalence survey conducted amongst transgender women (TGW) in …