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ReviewJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2019

Integrating Palliative Care into the Chronic Illness Continuum: a Conceptual Model for Minority Populations.

Shena Gazaway, Merry Stewart, Autumn Schumacher

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Review in Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shena GazawayAugusta University, 1905 Barnett Shoals Road, Athens, GA, 30605, USA. sgazaway@augusta.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3674-6288
Merry StewartAugusta University, 978 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
Autumn SchumacherAugusta University, 978 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.
Augusta University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the use of palliative care has increased in recent years, chronically ill Americans within a racial/ethnic minority (non-White) population underutilize this supportive and comfort-giving healthcare service. Consequently, chronically ill minority Americans experience increased pain, symptom burden, and inappropriate use of healthcare resources compared to their white counterparts. A literature review was conducted to compile and synthesize the current state of research pertinent to improving the use of palliative care among chronically ill minority Americans. Selection criteria produced 18 relevant publications, which aided in developing a conceptual model that assimilated early, episodic, and late palliative care phases along the chronic illness continuum. The goal of the conceptual model was to provide a roadmap for healthcare professionals to use when designing, implementing, managing, and/or evaluating palliative care services for chronically ill minority Americans. The literature review demonstrated that minority patients benefitted the most from culturally tailored, systematic interventions (such as advanced care planning education) in all phases of palliative care, which led to increases in advance directive completion, better symptom control, and hospice utilization. The article concludes with a discussion and fictional case study portraying the importance of culturally tailored early palliative care as a catalyst for engaging minority patients in palliative care services.

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EthnicityMinority GroupsAdvance Care PlanningAdvance DirectivesBlack or African AmericanChronic DiseaseContinuity of Patient CareDelivery of Health CareHispanic or LatinoHospice CareHumansPalliative CareChronic illnessConceptual modelMinority populationsPalliative care

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PMID31250371
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