Ethics

Decision-making and Advance Directives (403 KB)

Ethical Aspects of Providing Psychological Palliative Care
American Psychological Association webpage specifically pertaining to ethics in death and dying. It also includes links to numerous other psychological end-of-life concerns.

HRW: Human Rights Watch
One of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights.
- Unbearable Pain: India’s Obligation to Ensure Palliative Care (Report, October 28, 2009)
  This 102-page report found that many major cancer hospitals in India do not provide patients with morphine, despite the fact that more than 70 percent of their patients are incurable and likely to require pain treatment and palliative care.
- Jethro's Story: Voices for Palliative Care in Kenya
  Jethro's Story: Voices for Palliative Care in Kenya
  
  In Kenya, hundreds of thousands of children suffer from HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other illnesses. They often experience severe, debilitating pain. Morphine and other medicines can cheaply and easily bring relief, but very few sick children receive them. This is Jethro's story.
- Sammy's Story: Voices for Palliative Care in Kenya
  Sammy's Story: Voices for Palliative Care in Kenya
  In Kenya, hundreds of thousands of children suffer from HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other illnesses. They often experience severe, debilitating pain. Morphine and other medicines can cheaply and easily bring relief, but very few sick children receive them. This is Sammy's story.

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