Barriers to Equitable Palliative Care Utilization Among Patients with Cancer

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Over the past half century, palliative care has grown to become a pillar of clinical oncology. Its practice revolves around relieving suffering and optimizing quality of life, not just dealing with end-of-life decisions. Despite evidence that palliative care has the potential to reduce health care utilization and improve advance care planning without affecting mortality, palliative care remains inequitably accessible and underutilized. Furthermore, it is still too often introduced late in the care of patients receiving surgical intervention. This article summarizes the numerous and complex barriers to equitable palliative care utilization among patients with cancer. Potential strategies for dismantling these barriers are also discussed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Surgical oncology clinics of North America - 31(2022), 1 vom: 14. Jan., Seite 9-20

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ivey, Gabriel D [VerfasserIn]
Johnston, Fabian M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Barriers to palliative care
Cancer
Hospice and palliative medicine
Journal Article
Palliative care disparities
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.03.2022

Date Revised 02.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.soc.2021.07.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333138228