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Zusatztext Wright and Clark's inspiring book is a much-needed addition to the largely neglected area of palliative care research in Africa. It provides a thorough background in current challenges and opportunities for key stakeholders, including service providers, researchers, and donors among many others. Let us hope that the next review of palliative care across Africa will show an increased accessibility for care. Informationen zum Autor David Clark is the author of OUP's two published volumes on the life of Cicely Saunders (her Selected Writings, and Selected Letters)Michael Wright was born in the north-of-England industrial town of Castleford in 1944. His studies have included theology (BA) education (MSc) and the spiritual dimension of health care (PhD). He trained for the Anglican ministry at Wells Theological College and was ordained in 1967. During a varied working life, he has held the positions of parish priest, secondary school head teacher, hospital chaplain and senior research fellow. Since 2001, he has focused on the global analysis of hospice care and spiritual needs at the end of life. In 2003 he co-founded the International Observatory on End of Life Care (Lancaster University) with Professor David Clark, the Observatory's director. Klappentext Africa! a region covering 22% of the earth's surface! is affected by widespread poverty and the AIDS pandemic. The loss of life resulting from this is increasingly becoming the focus of the world. This comprehensive text examines the development of palliative care services in 26 African countries! from various different perspectives. Zusammenfassung 800 million people live in Africa, a continent which covers 22% of the world's surface and encompasses some 50 countries. Conflict, poverty, endemic diseases, and lack of clean water pose serious challenges for the population, made worse by a rampaging AIDS pandemic. Huge loss of life has impacted dramatically on both health systems and social and family structures. As the attention of the world focused increasingly on Africa, the International Observatory on End of Life Care was commissioned to conduct a timely review of hospice and palliative care development across the continent. The Observatory undertook this review using an approach specially designed for resource poor settings. Information was collected against an agreed template to allow comparisons between countries and regions. As a result, an insight is given into the challenges, opportunities and successes faced by hospice and palliative care workers, country by country, throughout the 26 countries in Africa where a palliative care initiative is underway. Strategies and models of care are explored, and the development of palliative care is viewed from various standpoints including ethnographic, historical, ethnic, demographic and epidemiological perspectives. This is the first comprehensive reference focusing exclusively on palliative care and hospice development in Africa, and makes fascinating reading. Inhaltsverzeichnis Summary 1: Overview of the study A narrative history of palliative care in Africa 2: Oral history in Africa 3: Personal motivations 4: Confronting the issues 5: New models, new care Countries where hospice and palliative care services are approaching integration with the wider public health system 6: Kenya 7: South Africa 8: Uganda 9: Zimbabwe Countries with localised provision of hospice and palliative care services 10: Botswana 11: Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) 12: Egypt 13: Malawi 14: Morocco 15: Nigeria 16: Sierra Leone 17: Swaziland 18: Tanzania 19: The Gambia 20: Zambia Countries with hospice and palliative care capacity building activity 21: Algeria 22: Cameroon 23: Cote d'Ivoire 24: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) 25: Ethiopia
