Save lives and relieve suffering: The twin imperatives of humanitarian response and the role of palliative care

Front Oncol. 2023 Mar 2:13:1120380. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1120380. eCollection 2023.

Bethany-Rose Daubman¹, Farzana Khan^{2

3}, Sarah E Slater⁴, Eric L Krakauer^{1

5}

¹ Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
² Fasiuddin Khan Research Foundation, Palliative Care Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ University of Edinburgh, Global Health Division, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Medical Oncology, Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
⁵ Department of Palliative Care, University of Medicine & Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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Keywords: cancer; humanitarian emergencies and crises; humanitarian response; oncology; palliative care.