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Human Growth and Development / Unit 17   HGD 2426 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Palliative Care's Growth

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The idea

By twenty fourteen, nearly seventy percent of US hospitals with fifty or more beds had palliative care programmes.

In practice

Need for palliative care in England and Wales projected to rise by up to forty-seven percent by twenty forty.

Where people slip

The projected growth reflects aging populations and more people living with serious chronic illness.

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