The value of alleviating suffering and dignifying death in war and humanitarian crises

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10022, USA. Electronic address: rosaw@mskcc.org.
² Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Tómatelo a Pecho, Mexico City, Mexico; Fundación Mexicana Para la Salud, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁴ Palliative Care in Humanitarian Aid Situations and Emergencies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Palliative Care for Children Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
⁵ Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA; Tómatelo a Pecho, Mexico City, Mexico; Fundación Mexicana Para la Salud, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁶ National Medical University of Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
⁷ Regional Clinical Centre of Medical Rehabilitation and Palliative Care for Children, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
⁸ Eastern Ukrainian Academy of Pediatrics, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
⁹ St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK; End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁰ Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Services, WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Policy on Access to Pain Relief, Trivandrum, India; Pallium India, Trivandrum, India.

Comment

William E Rosa et al. Lancet. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 16;399(10334):1447-1450.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00534-7. Epub 2022 Mar 21.

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10022, USA. Electronic address: rosaw@mskcc.org.
² Global Health Academy, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³ Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Tómatelo a Pecho, Mexico City, Mexico; Fundación Mexicana Para la Salud, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁴ Palliative Care in Humanitarian Aid Situations and Emergencies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Palliative Care for Children Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa.
⁵ Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA; Tómatelo a Pecho, Mexico City, Mexico; Fundación Mexicana Para la Salud, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁶ National Medical University of Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
⁷ Regional Clinical Centre of Medical Rehabilitation and Palliative Care for Children, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
⁸ Eastern Ukrainian Academy of Pediatrics, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
⁹ St Christopher's Hospice, London, UK; End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
¹⁰ Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Services, WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Policy on Access to Pain Relief, Trivandrum, India; Pallium India, Trivandrum, India.

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Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life.
Sallnow L, Smith R, Ahmedzai SH, Bhadelia A, Chamberlain C, Cong Y, Doble B, Dullie L, Durie R, Finkelstein EA, Guglani S, Hodson M, Husebø BS, Kellehear A, Kitzinger C, Knaul FM, Murray SA, Neuberger J, O'Mahony S, Rajagopal MR, Russell S, Sase E, Sleeman KE, Solomon S, Taylor R, Tutu van Furth M, Wyatt K; Lancet Commission on the Value of Death. Sallnow L, et al. Lancet. 2022 Feb 26;399(10327):837-884. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02314-X. Epub 2022 Feb 1. Lancet. 2022. PMID: 35114146 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.

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