Palliative care for all? How can Brazil develop a palliative care service founded on principles of equity and access for all?

We describe an existing model of practice in a primary care setting in Rio Grande in Brazil, which could act as a template for redesign of palliative care services. Recent findings Traditional models of palliative care have focussed on the physical, social, psychological and spiritual domains. Abel and Kellehear have proposed a new model, uniting specialist and generalist palliative care with compassionate communities and the civic component encapsulated in the compassionate city charter. This model is more comprehensive, emphasizing both harm reduction and health and well being promotion, and is currently being rolled out within the Family Health Strategy in Rio Grande in Brazil. Summary An existing model of palliative care, which includes the public health approach in Rio Grande be used as a basis for more equitable palliative care in Brazil, to meet a large unmet need.
Source: Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care - Category: Palliative Care Tags: END OF LIFE MANAGEMENT: Edited by Gustavo De Simone and Bridget Johnston Source Type: research