DECIDING RIGHT: RIGHT CARE, RIGHT PLAN, RIGHT PATIENT; AN INDIVIDUALISED APPROACH TO PALLIATIVE CARE'

Palliative care as an international human right.

There are major disparities in the provision of palliative care around the world. In recent years, a statement of advocacy and objective has been repeatedly articulated that the provision of palliative care is a human right. This article examines the foundation for this assertion in the context of international human rights law. The strengths and weaknesses of this assertion are examined. The n...

Religious right or irreligious right

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Right Care for the Right Patient Each and Every Time

PURPOSE To implement a biometric patient identification system in the field of radiation oncology. MATERIALS AND METHODS A biometric system using palm vein scanning technology has been implemented to ensure the delivery of treatment to the correct patient each and every time. By interfacing a palm vein biometrics system (PVBS) (PatientSecure®, Imprivata, Lexington, Massachusetts) with the rad...

Palliative care as a human right: update.

As I sit down to write this update on the global initiative to recognize Palliative Care (including psychosocial cancer care) and Pain Treatment as Human Rights, it is perhaps ironic that I have spent the entire morning watching the television coverage of the 10 Anniversary Memorial Services for the September 11, 2001 victims of the terrorist attacks on the United States. I was most personally ...

Palliative care as a human right.