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ArticlePalliative & supportive care2026

Return to homeland: Bereaved caregiver perceptions of immigrant patient quality of death after repatriation to their country of origin, a retrospective cohort study.

Ana I Flores, Frances Eichholz Heller, Andreea I Dinicu, Fiona Angel, June Hou, Paul Maciejewski, Holly Prigerson, Craig David Blinderman, Ana I Tergas

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Ana I FloresPalliative Care, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Frances Eichholz HellerPalliative Care, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irvine Medical Centerhttps://ror.org/01esghr10, New York, NY, USA.
Andreea I DinicuObstetrics and Gynecology Institute, Cleveland Clinichttps://ror.org/03xjacd83, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Fiona AngelColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeonshttps://ror.org/00hj8s172, New York, NY, USA.
June HouDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Paul MaciejewskiCornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, Weill Cornell Medicinehttps://ror.org/02r109517, New York, NY, USA.
Holly PrigersonCornell Center for Research on End-of-Life Care, Weill Cornell Medicinehttps://ror.org/02r109517, New York, NY, USA.
Craig David BlindermanDivision of Supportive and Acute Care Services, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8905-0666
Ana I TergasDivision of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical Schoolhttps://ror.org/014ye1258, Newark, NJ, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-2498

Funding

Impact of the Therapeutic Alliance on Reduction of Disparities in Latino End-of-Life Cancer CareK08CA245193 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TERGAS, ANA ISABEL · 2020 to 2024
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA245193
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTerminally ill immigrant patients may wish to return to their homeland to die. However, the challenges and repatriation experiences faced by terminally ill Latinx immigrants who return to their country of origin (COO) remain underexplored. This study examines bereaved caregiver accounts of end-of-life (EOL) care and repatriation experiences of Latinx immigrants who returned to their COO following a terminal diagnosis.

methodsBereaved caregivers were interviewed via telephone. Primary outcomes were patient repatriation prior to death and caregiver perceptions of patient quality of death (QOD). Secondary outcomes included repatriation barriers, symptom burden and management, health-care utilization, and location of death. Caregivers of deceased patients treated at a U.S. urban tertiary medical center from 2013 to 2020 who requested and returned to their COO for death were included. Deceased patient clinical and sociodemographic information was obtained from the chart review.

resultsNineteen caregivers of patients who returned to their COO were included, most ( SIGNIFICANCE OF

resultsQOD was favorable after repatriation. Successful repatriation is feasible and an important component of QOD that should be included in goals of care discussions.

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BereavementCaregiversEmigrants and ImmigrantsPerceptionAdultAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchRetrospective Studiescaregiver perceptionsend-of-life careImmigrant healthLatinx/Latino patientsquality of deathrepatriation

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PMID42246154
PMCPMC13244353

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