Setting Higher Standards in Cancer Care: Experiences at the First Palliative Moroccan Care Congress Casablanca, Morocco, March 2022

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Authors

  • Asmaa El Azhari Mohammed VI Center for the Treatment of Cancers, UHC Ibn Rochd, Morocco
  • Abdellatif Benider Mohammed VI Center for the Treatment of Cancers, UHC Ibn Rochd, Morocco; Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
  • Souha Sahraoui Mohammed VI Center for the Treatment of Cancers, UHC Ibn Rochd, Morocco; Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
  • Michael Silbermann Middle East Cancer Consortium, P. O. Box 7495, Haifa, Israel

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https://doi.org/10.17140/PMHCOJ-8-e011

Abstract

Since the implementation of the first National Cancer Prevention and Control Plan (PNPCC1) in 2010, palliative care in Mo-rocco has been a strategic approach in its own right, alongside the prevention, early detection and cancer management approaches.

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2022-04-13

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Asmaa El Azhari, Abdellatif Benider, Souha Sahraoui, & Michael Silbermann. (2022). Setting Higher Standards in Cancer Care: Experiences at the First Palliative Moroccan Care Congress Casablanca, Morocco, March 2022. Palliative Medicine and Hospice Care, 8(1), e1-e2. https://doi.org/10.17140/PMHCOJ-8-e011

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