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Editorial
. 2024 Nov 1:387:q2387.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.q2387.

Palliative care is an overlooked global health priority

Anna Peeler  1 , Oladayo Afolabi  2 , Richard Harding  2
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Editorial

Palliative care is an overlooked global health priority

Anna Peeler et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Improving access and tackling inequities in palliative care globally would help to reduce preventable suffering, write Anna Peeler, Oladayo Afolabi, and Richard Harding

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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