Mexico: Needless Suffering at End of Life (October 2014)

30th October 2014

Mexico: Needless Suffering at End of Life (October 2014)

This 122-page report published by Human Rights Watch documents the lack of access for many patients to pain relief and other assistance known as palliative care. Although Mexico’s health law explicitly grants people with terminal illness a right to palliative care, the service is offered almost exclusively at large specialist hospitals.