ArticleJournal of palliative care2012
Palliative and end-of-life care in Newfoundland's deaf community.
Article in Journal of palliative care, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the health literacy status of people with hearing impairment: a systematic review.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Pooled it
- Facilitating pain assessment and communication in people with deafness: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Identifying the pathways to increased death literacy: Building a conceptual causal model through a mixed-methods pragmatic ESC-DAGs approach.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Article
- Specialized outpatient clinic for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients in the Netherlands: Lessons learned in an attempt to improve health care.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2020Article
- A National Study of End-of-Life Care among Older Veterans with Hearing and Vision Loss.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2020Article
- Barriers and Facilitators of Health Literacy among D/deaf Individuals: A Review Article.Iranian journal of public health · 2017Review
- Hearing loss in palliative care.Journal of palliative medicine · 2015Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The deaf community is a distinct cultural and linguistic community (the uppercase D is a cultural identification). Compared to the general population, the deaf community, as a social group, experiences poorer health status. Deaf people seek care less frequently than the general population and have fewer interactions with the health system. Their encounters with the health system are often characterized by communication difficulties, fear, mistrust, and frustration. Qualitative research was used to explore the experiences of family caregivers who provided end-of-life care for a deaf person. Key findings indicate that the deaf community has limited understanding of their options for palliative and end-of-life care. Communication and health literacy are key barriers to accessing appropriate end-of-life care. Pain and symptom management, consideration of physical environments, and limited access to bereavement care are common issues faced by deaf people when caring for loved ones at the end of life.
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