Barriers to the provision and utilization of palliative care in Africa: a rapid scoping review
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2021-02-17Subjects
palliative careAfrica
service provision
end-of-life care
Nigeria
Subject Categories::B701 Palliative Care Nursing
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Palliative care (PC) has continued to be less available, underutilized, and unintegrated in many of the healthcare systems, especially in Africa. This scoping review synthesized existing published papers on adult PC in Africa, to report the barriers to PC and to assess the methodologies used in these studies. Eight electronic databases and Google Scholar were searched to identify relevant studies published between 2005 and 2018. Overall, 42 publications (34 empirical studies and 9 reviews) that reported issues related to barriers to adult PC were selected. Three themes identified were individual-level, system-level, and relational barriers. The studies reviewed predominantly utilized cross-sectional and retrospective study design, underscoring the need for more studies employing qualitative design. Findings highlight the need for health education, training opportunities, more funding, communication, and timely referral. Future works could focus on underlying factors to these barriers and ethno-religious perspectives to PC in Africa.Citation
Agom D, Onyeka T, Iheanacho P, Ominyi J (2021) 'Barriers to the provision and utilization of palliative care in Africa: a rapid scoping review', Indian Journal of Palliative Care, 27 (1), pp.3-17.Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsPubMed ID
34035611PubMed Central ID
PMC8121217Additional Links
https://jpalliativecare.com/barriers-to-the-provision-and-utilization-of-palliative-care-in-africa-a-rapid-scoping-review/Type
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0973-1075EISSN
1998-3735ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.4103/IJPC.IJPC_355_20
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