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Palliative care plays an essential role in improving the quality of life of patients suffering from chronic and incurable diseases; therefore, it seems necessary to remove barriers in improving palliative care. The present systematic review aims to describe the current status of palliative care, and determine the challenges of palliative care services. Methods: In this systematic review study, we searched Scopus, Magiran,SID,Cochran,Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases. Also, we retrieved articles published in English and Persian during 2000 to 2021. The keywords include "hospice care," palliative care," "health care," "terminal care," "end of life care," and palliative medicine". All retrieved articles were screened in three stages, namely review of titles, abstracts, and full texts. Meanwhile, we analyzed data based on the WHO 2018 framework and deductive-inductive approach. Results: A total of 3497 articles were found. After reviewing these articles, we were able to selecte 48 articles. Data were extracted and categorized according to four functions, namely service delivery, stewardship, resources generation, and financing. Service delivery had four themes, and nine subthemes; stewardship had two themes and five sub-themes; resource generation had three themes and nine sub-themes; and financing had one themes and three sub-themes.
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