Pathways to Palliative Care
Dr. Natnael Abebe: "Fire in the Belly"
Joy C. Liu, MD
Dr. Abebe introduced himself as “a medical oncologist and palliative care physician” and “a palliative care advocate and healthcare advocate” in the same sentence, like one is a natural extension of the other.
As one of the only palliative care physicians in Ethiopia, a country of over 110 million people in the horn of Africa, he needs to establish the value of palliative care in order to care for his patients. “For me, palliative care is not an option for Ethiopia. It is a must by default.”