A public health approach to palliative care in the response to drug resistant TB: an ethnographic study in Bengaluru, India.
Joseph M SawyerRahul AsgrFlorence N Todd FordhamJohn D H PorterPublished in: BMC palliative care (2018)
Patient suffering is poorly addressed in current Tuberculosis treatment programmes. A community-based palliative care approach may extend peoples' support networks, helping to alleviate suffering. Further research on existing support structures and integration of these services into Tuberculosis control programmes is required.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- drug resistant
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- public health
- multidrug resistant
- advanced cancer
- acinetobacter baumannii
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- healthcare
- hiv aids
- primary care
- case report
- high resolution
- mental health
- adverse drug
- mass spectrometry
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- affordable care act