Death Is a Social Justice Issue: Perspectives on Equity-Informed Palliative Care

All too often, palliative care services are not responsive to the needs of those who are doubly vulnerable, being that they are both in need of palliative care services and experiencing deficits in the social determinants of health that result in complex, intersecting health and social concerns. In...

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Published in:	Advances in nursing science Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 293 - 307
Main Authors:	Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl, Stajduhar, Kelli, Pauly, Bernie, Giesbrecht, Melissa, Mollison, Ashley, McNeil, Ryan, Wallace, Bruce
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Copyright Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01-10-2016 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
Subjects:	Attitude to Health Health services Health Status Disparities Humans Nurse's Role Nursing Palliative care Palliative Care - organization & administration Philosophy, Nursing Social Justice
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Summary:	All too often, palliative care services are not responsive to the needs of those who are doubly vulnerable, being that they are both in need of palliative care services and experiencing deficits in the social determinants of health that result in complex, intersecting health and social concerns. In this article, we argue for a reorientation of palliative care to explicitly integrate the premises of health equity. We articulate the philosophical, theoretical, and empirical scaffolding required for equity-informed palliative care and draw on a current study to illustrate such an approach to the care of people who experience structural vulnerabilities.
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ISSN:	0161-9268 1550-5014
DOI:	10.1097/ANS.0000000000000146