Palliative care is a neglected health care priority worldwide, three nursing experts contend. A range of factors contribute to this neglect, including misconceptions about the nature of palliative care, a lack of clinical education opportunities and research and health equity issues, according to Richard Harding, interim executive dean; Oladayo Afolabi, research associate; and Anna Peeler, […]
Pediatric palliative care providers can sometimes struggle to engage parents and families. Parental engagement can be a difficult hill for pediatric palliative providers to climb. Families often contend with an array of competing practical, financial and medical obstacles related to managing a serious or life-limiting illness. Parents and guardians frequently experience feelings of stress, anxiety […]
Though regional variations exist, some palliative care delivery challenges are nearly universal for providers across the globe. Palliative care providers worldwide stand to benefit from sharing “lessons learned” to address common pain points. A frequent issue among many palliative care providers around the world is that not enough seriously ill patients, families or referral sources […]
Hospice providers are growing increasingly concerned about how state laws related to transgender rights may impede access to their services among LGBTQ+ communities. A rash of states have recently passed legislation to ban the delivery of gender-affirming health care, including Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, among others. What’s happening in these states has caused mounting […]
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