2018/10/29 by Daniel S. Gardner, Meredith Doherty, Gleneara Bates +2 · 2 citations
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes #Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health #Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
paper · doi:10.1177/1044389418809083
openalex publication_date 2018/10/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Despite the advances and spread of palliative care programs, communities of color remain significantly underserved. Although these disparities are widely known, there is a marked lack of empirical evidence. The authors conducted a systematic scoping review that synthesized the literature since 2000 about racial and ethnic disparities in palliative and end-of-life care. We searched PubMed, Medline, SocIndex, CINAHL, Social Work Abstracts, and PsycINFO, using search terms including palliative care or end-of-life care, disparities or barriers or utilization, and race or ethnicity or African American or Hispanic. Findings lend support to extant literature that social-environmental barriers and disparities distinctly affect access to care for these populations. The review expands upon understanding of how social determinants drive disparities in palliative and end-of-life care and suggests implications for practice, policy, and research in promoting health equity in serious illness.