title: Palliative care in the global health agenda.
abstract: At the May 2014 meeting of the World Health Assembly, the assembly passed a resolution intended to reduce barriers to palliative care. T4eh resolution calls for integrating palliative care into national health services. It contains recommendation on improved availability and access to such care and calls for it to be included in national health policies and budgets. The full resolution with commentary is presented.
authors.forename: Liliana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Lima
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Radbruch
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: World Health Assembly; access; budget; national health services; palliative care; policy