Minority Populations and the Use of Palliative Care
Empirical data show benefits to palliative care (PC) early across the disease trajectory. In the United States, compelling racial inequities exist in access to PC services for minority populations. Minorities who are diagnosed with advanced disease later than nonminorities report adversity accessing treatment availabilities. Thus, poverty, racial discrimination, insurance coverage, and education barriers can affect a person's access to PC assistance. These barriers ultimately result in delayed diagnosis and overall poorer health outcomes. Social and health care inequalities are broad among the sphere of the vulnerable and marginalized minority populations accessing PC.
Source: Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America - Category: Nursing Authors: Dorothy N. Pierce Source Type: research
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