title: Palliative care: no longer a luxury but a necessity?
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London, School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom. irene.higginson@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Irene J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Higginson
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Foley
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D038622:Internationality; D010146:Pain / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*