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ArticleJournal of advanced nursing2026

Indigenous Peoples' Experiences in Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Canada: A Scoping Review.

Lisa Weisgerber, Nahyeni Bassah, Anna Santos Salas

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Article in Journal of advanced nursing, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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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

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lisa WeisgerberFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7184-1913
Nahyeni BassahFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4217-2391
Anna Santos SalasFaculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8652-9567

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis scoping review aimed to explore what is known about Indigenous peoples' experiences with palliative and end-of-life care in Canada.

designA scoping review. DATA SOURCES: A systematic search was performed from database inception to May 2022: CINAHL, Academic Search Complete, ERIC, Cochrane, Medline, PsychINFO, Indigenous Collections, Indigenous Peoples of North America and EMBASE. No date limitations were applied. Unpublished and grey literature was searched using the Google search engine. A search update was conducted in April 2024.

methodsThis scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. Titles, abstracts and full text were screened for inclusion by two reviewers. Mapping and thematic analysis were used to analyse, collate and summarise extracted data.

resultsFifty-three sources were included in the review. While the methods, locations and context vary across the literature, common themes emerged: Disparities in Indigenous representation in palliative and end-of-life care literature, challenges in accessing palliative and end-of-life care, priorities related to palliative and end-of-life care and experiences specific to end of life.

conclusionsThis scoping review revealed several key insights into Indigenous peoples' experiences with palliative and end-of-life care. IMPACT: Findings identify the need to enhance cultural safety in palliative and end-of-life care and support community capacity to develop and lead palliative and end-of-life care research and initiatives. Furthermore, findings suggest the need for palliative and end-of-life care initiatives that are Indigenous-led, grounded in Indigenous research methods and distinctions-based. REPORTING

methodWe have adhered to relevant EQUATOR guidelines. We followed the PRISMA-Scr in the reporting of this scoping review. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS: No patient or public contribution. This study did not include patient or public involvement in its design, conduct or reporting.

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Health Services, IndigenousIndigenous PeoplesPalliative CareTerminal CareAdultAgedCanadaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedCanadaend‐of‐life carehealth equityindigenous peoplespalliative carereview

Identifiers

PMID40372077
PMCPMC12810598

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