Professor Jan Stjernswärd PhD, FRCP(Edin) (born 1936) is an oncologist, specialising in palliative care.
Stjernswärd obtained a medical degree at the Karolinska Institute, and subsequently worked there as an assistant professor in tumour biology and as a specialist in radiotherapy and oncology.
[1] From 1980 to 1986, he worked for the World Health Organization, as their head of cancer.
[2] While in that role he instigated development of the 'WHO Three-Step Pain Ladder' and worked to improve cancer care globally.
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