Home-Based Palliative Care in sub-Saharan Africa
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Palliative care within sub-Saharan African remains relatively new, with one service delivery model used being home-based care (HBC), a well-established mode of care provision within the HIV/AIDS context. The integration of palliative care into HBC services is a major advance in increasing its accessibility in the region. However, challenges exist to the provision of palliative services through HBC, especially for nurses, and these challenges, along with some of the responses to them, are discussed.
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Informal caregivers play a key role in palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa, a context fraught with inadequate healthcare services coupled with poverty, making home-based care the only available option for many chronically and terminally ill persons.
“Informal caregivers play a key role in palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa, a context fraught with inadequate healthcare services coupled with poverty, making home-based care the only available option for many chronically and terminally ill persons [21].”
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“Discussion Informal caregivers play a key role in palliative care in sub-Saharan Africa, a context fraught with inadequate healthcare services coupled with poverty, making homebased care the only available option for many chronically and terminally ill persons [21].”
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- Authors
- Downing, J., Powell, R. A., & Mwangi-Powell, F.
- Affiliations
- African Palliative Care Association (UG)
- Venue
- Home Healthcare Nurse
- Published
- 2010-05
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 298-307
- ISSN
- 0884-741X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2066098822
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 8
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- FWCI
- 1.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Home Healthcare Now (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Keywords
- home-based palliative care, palliative care, sub-Saharan Africa, home care, HIV/AIDS, nurses
- MeSH terms
- Community Health Nursing, Developing Countries, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Home Care Services, Humans, Male, Palliative Care, Socioeconomic Factors, Models, Organizational, Africa South of the Sahara, Risk Assessment
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