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ReviewPalliative care and social practice2021

Palliative care needs, concerns, and affirmative strategies for the LGBTQ population.

Noelle Marie Javier

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Review in Palliative care and social practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Noelle Marie JavierIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Levy Place, 1070, New York, NY 10029, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3498-7627

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer/Questioning population, also known as sexual and gender minorities, are an incredibly marginalized and vulnerable population that have been disproportionately affected by the provision, delivery, and optimal access to high-quality medical care including palliative, hospice, and end-of-life care. The long-standing and unique experiences shaped by positive and negative historical events have led to a better understanding of significant barriers and gaps in equitable healthcare for this population. The intersection of both internal and external stressors as well as minority identities in the context of discriminatory political and societal infrastructures have resulted in variable health outcomes that continues to be plagued by economic barriers, oppressive legislative policies, and undesirable societal practices. It could not be more urgent and timely to call upon the government and healthcare systems at large to execute reforms in policies and regulations, engage in cultural competency training, and promote cultural shifts in beliefs, attitudes, and practices that will ultimately recognize, prioritize, and address the needs of this population. After all, health care access is a universal right regardless of personal, social, political, and economic determinants of comprehensive medical care.

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advance directivesbisexualgayhealth disparitieslesbianLGBTQlife-limiting illnesspalliative carequeerquestioningsexual and gender minoritiestransgender

Identifiers

PMID34527948
PMCPMC8436312

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