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Politics and palliative care: Burkina Faso Dion Smyth’s review of palliative nursing on the internet
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he non-coastal west African country of Burkina Faso has suffered a turbulent recent history, punctuated by natural disasters such as climactic volatility leading to drought and food shortages, or military coups and popular uprisings which have formed the foundation of its last few governments over the past few decades since independence from France, until the most recent democratic election in 2015. In the last few years, a series of kidnappings and terrorist attacks have been attributed to Islamist extremist groups, who often cross the border from neighbouring countries, and have led the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office to advise against all but essential travel to most of the country and any travel to much of the north of the country. http://tinyurl.com/y7qwte3g The official website of the office of the President provides a practical and visual presentation of the activity and news from the head of state and his administration. From the header picture of the front of the palace, featuring statues of the stallions that support the countries coat of arms, the site makes the most of multi-media opportunities with video, pictures, scrolling rolling news tape or twitter feeds breaking up files, folders or text links.
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The Cascades de Karfiguéla or Karfiguela Falls are a series of waterfalls along the Komoé River in Southwestern Burkina Faso.
http://tinyurl.com/ya4br78s In this recent contribution to Boston University’s School of Public Health ‘Narrative month’ (in March 2017), Joseph Amon describes the need for a global improvement in the provision of palliative care. With links to primary sources of evidence, Amon provides a short but erudite contrast of the perception and practices of the west, particularly with regard to the use of morphine, with the stark realities of most of the rest of the world. According to his estimate: ‘the 49g of morphine that Burkina Faso sought to import in 2009 would be sufficient to treat about eight patients’.
diverse research and feature articles, ensure there is reading material enough to occupy a few moments.
http://tinyurl.com/yd6xuuyf The intuitive interactivity of this site makes it a simple and pleasing way to see graphical representations of data regarding a country’s health, life expectancy and the leading cause of death. According to the site, which reportedly collects and collates its statistics from reputable sources such as the WHO, Burkina Faso has a poor life expectancy and is rated 163 out of the 183 nations reported. There are a few typos and inaccuracies on the site, such as listing the American institution Binghamton University as being in the UK; however, most of the website, such as the live news feed as well as the
http://tinyurl.com/y6urm98p Big Think is a website hosting a curated range of multimedia presentations from globally renowned and respected key thinkers and experts. Among the 15 000 articles, podcasts and videos, there are 18 listed under ‘palliative care’, with a video contribution of Ira Byrock, an advocate for elderly health care. Like TED talks, this is a site in which you could easily lose many an hour linking from one page to the next.
http://tinyurl.com/ybdfannw The open access publisher BioMed Central produces the public health journal in which this article, about living with HIV in Burkina Faso, can be found. The articles, published in titles under BioMed Central production, are accessible in various formats from the online archive Pubmed. This research further emphasises the need for more systematic and structured healthcare provision over the ad hoc affordances of local and limited measures.
Dion Smyth Lecturer-practitioner in Cancer and Palliative Care, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
© 2017 MA Healthcare Ltd
The Ouagadougou Cathedral, in the capital of Burkina Faso, was built in the 1930s at the time of French North Africa.
International Journal of Palliative Nursing 2017, Vol 23, No 7
© MA Healthcare Ltd. Downloaded from magonlinelibrary.com by 129.127.145.240 on September 16, 2017. Use for licensed purposes only. No other uses without permission. All rights reserved.
Politics and palliative care: Burkina Faso Dion Smyth’s review of palliative nursing on the internet
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he non-coastal west African country of Burkina Faso has suffered a turbulent recent history, punctuated by natural disasters such as climactic volatility leading to drought and food shortages, or military coups and popular uprisings which have formed the foundation of its last few governments over the past few decades since independence from France, until the most recent democratic election in 2015. In the last few years, a series of kidnappings and terrorist attacks have been attributed to Islamist extremist groups, who often cross the border from neighbouring countries, and have led the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office to advise against all but essential travel to most of the country and any travel to much of the north of the country. http://tinyurl.com/y7qwte3g The official website of the office of the President provides a practical and visual presentation of the activity and news from the head of state and his administration. From the header picture of the front of the palace, featuring statues of the stallions that support the countries coat of arms, the site makes the most of multi-media opportunities with video, pictures, scrolling rolling news tape or twitter feeds breaking up files, folders or text links.
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The Cascades de Karfiguéla or Karfiguela Falls are a series of waterfalls along the Komoé River in Southwestern Burkina Faso.
http://tinyurl.com/ya4br78s In this recent contribution to Boston University’s School of Public Health ‘Narrative month’ (in March 2017), Joseph Amon describes the need for a global improvement in the provision of palliative care. With links to primary sources of evidence, Amon provides a short but erudite contrast of the perception and practices of the west, particularly with regard to the use of morphine, with the stark realities of most of the rest of the world. According to his estimate: ‘the 49g of morphine that Burkina Faso sought to import in 2009 would be sufficient to treat about eight patients’.
diverse research and feature articles, ensure there is reading material enough to occupy a few moments.
http://tinyurl.com/yd6xuuyf The intuitive interactivity of this site makes it a simple and pleasing way to see graphical representations of data regarding a country’s health, life expectancy and the leading cause of death. According to the site, which reportedly collects and collates its statistics from reputable sources such as the WHO, Burkina Faso has a poor life expectancy and is rated 163 out of the 183 nations reported. There are a few typos and inaccuracies on the site, such as listing the American institution Binghamton University as being in the UK; however, most of the website, such as the live news feed as well as the
http://tinyurl.com/y6urm98p Big Think is a website hosting a curated range of multimedia presentations from globally renowned and respected key thinkers and experts. Among the 15 000 articles, podcasts and videos, there are 18 listed under ‘palliative care’, with a video contribution of Ira Byrock, an advocate for elderly health care. Like TED talks, this is a site in which you could easily lose many an hour linking from one page to the next.
http://tinyurl.com/ybdfannw The open access publisher BioMed Central produces the public health journal in which this article, about living with HIV in Burkina Faso, can be found. The articles, published in titles under BioMed Central production, are accessible in various formats from the online archive Pubmed. This research further emphasises the need for more systematic and structured healthcare provision over the ad hoc affordances of local and limited measures.
Dion Smyth Lecturer-practitioner in Cancer and Palliative Care, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
© 2017 MA Healthcare Ltd
The Ouagadougou Cathedral, in the capital of Burkina Faso, was built in the 1930s at the time of French North Africa.
International Journal of Palliative Nursing 2017, Vol 23, No 7
© MA Healthcare Ltd. Downloaded from magonlinelibrary.com by 129.127.145.240 on September 16, 2017. Use for licensed purposes only. No other uses without permission. All rights reserved.
