Commentary Open Access
Volume 5 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/mentalhealth.5.042
The Role of Palliative Medicine in Poor and Rich Countries
Jürgen Wacker1,*
- 1Former Chief Physician of the Bruchsal Gynecological Clinic, Bruchsal, Germany
Corresponding Author
Jürgen Wacker, prof.wacker@gmail.com
Received Date: April 16, 2025
Accepted Date: May 16, 2025
Wacker J. The Role of Palliative Medicine in Poor and Rich Countries. J Ment Health Disord. 2025;5(1):84-86.
Copyright: © 2025 Wacker J. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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