Palliative and Supportive Care in the Philippines: Systems, Barriers, and Steps Forward

• Main Authors: Ho, Frances Dominique V., De Luna, Deogracias V., Cubarrubias, Deanna Lis Pauline F., Ong, Erika P., Abello, Rizal Michael R., Ansay, Marie Francesca M., Taliño, Marianne Katharina V., Robredo, Janine Patricia G., Eala, Michelle Ann B., Dee, Edward Christopher
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: end-of-life care; global; global health; palliative care; Philippines; supportive care; Medical Specialties; Medicine and Health Sciences; Palliative Care
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/148; https://doi.org/10.1177/08258597231153381
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Although integral to alleviating serious health-related suffering, global palliative care remains systemically and culturally inaccessible to many patients living in low- and middle-income countries. In the Philippines, a lower-middle income country in Southeast Asia of over 110 million people, up t...