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Most people in poorer countries die at home without any professional support. A simple kit of medicines and supplies plus a few hours of training for a family member could make dying far less painful.
Where community palliative services do not exist, families care for the dying with no medicines or guidance. A standardised home kit (oral morphine, anti-emetics, laxatives, wound and pressure-care supplies, an illustrated guide) issued at discharge with brief carer training and a phone line has been piloted in several African settings. Defining the kit, training, and supply chain, and evaluating it rigorously, could produce a scalable minimum standard.
Shares Locally prepared oral morphine solution, licensed for nurse prescribing, Pain relief and palliative care are unavailable to most, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Pain relief and palliative care are unavailable to most, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Pain relief and palliative care are unavailable to most, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Pain relief and palliative care are unavailable to most, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Pain relief and palliative care are unavailable to most, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Pain relief and palliative care are unavailable to most, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Pain relief and palliative care are unavailable to most, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.
Shares Pain relief and palliative care are unavailable to most, Most of the world has almost no cancer care.