Ukraine’s Obligation to Ensure Evidence-Based Palliative Care
This 93-page report describes Ukrainian government policies that make it impossible for cancer patients living in rural areas to get essential pain medications. While most cancer patients in cities have access to some medications, the treatment they receive is inadequate and provides only limited relief, Human Rights Watch found.
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ISBN: 1-56432-768-X
ISBN: 1-56432-768-X
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- Uncontrolled Pain
- Map of Ukraine
- Glossary
- Prologue: The Story of Vlad Zhukovsky
- Summary
- Methodology
- I. Overview: Palliative Care and Pain Treatment
- II. Rural Areas: Unavailable or Hard-to-Access Strong Pain Medications
- III. Throughout Ukraine: Ensuring Quality of Pain Treatment Services
- IV. Exploring the Causes of Untreated Pain
- V. The Human Rights Analysis
- VI. A Way Forward: Recommendations for Immediate Implementation
- Acknowledgments
