Socio-Demographic Characteristics Associated with Quality of Life-Scores among Palliative Care Cancer Patients in Kenya
Abstract:Background: Cancer morbidity and mortality is rising more rapidly in the low and middle income countries, where the infrastructure for diagnosis and care is extremely limited compared to the developed countries. Palliative care aims to mitigate these effects and improve Quality of Life (QoL) of cancer patients by providing appropriate support across life's domains as the disease progresses. However, these services are not readily available in sub-Saharan Africa and even if they are, often they are not optimize… Show more
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