ArticleRevista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health2018
Main themes, barriers, and solutions to palliative and end-of-life care in the English-speaking Caribbean: a scoping review.
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- Implementing a new approach to enhance palliative care for people with dementia in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a mixed-methods study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Developing and validating a questionnaire for mortality follow-back studies on end-of-life care and decision-making in a resource-poor Caribbean country.BMC palliative care · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo identify common themes documented in the literature on palliative and end-of-life care in English-speaking Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS), and to describe barriers, improvement strategies, and suggested ways forward.
methodsIn 2015, we conducted a systematic scoping review of relevant literature identified through the MEDLINE and Web of Science databases. We supplemented that with searches of other electronic and hard-copy sources to map key concepts and summarize themes.
resultsPrimary data and other literature from and about English-speaking Caribbean nations are relatively scarce. The available literature offers an overview of the existing situation in the region and explores why palliative and end-of-life care is limited there. This review identified barriers in five main areas recurring across this literature: i) culture and attitudes of health care providers, patients, and those close to them towards terminal illness and death; ii) opioid availability and use; iii) limited development of palliative care services; iv) unmet palliative care needs; and v) limited research on palliative or end-of-life care.
conclusionsOur analysis helps to document the need for palliative and end-of-life care in Caribbean SIDS and highlights suggestions for moving forward with related practice, policy, and research.
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