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- Title
Barriers to home death for Canadian cancer patients: A literature review.
- Authors
Lam, Michael; Lam, Helen R.; Agarwal, Arnav; Lam, Henry; Chow, Ronald; Chow, Selina; Chan, Stephanie; Zaki, Pearl; Chow, Edward
- Abstract
This paper reviews the literature to identify barriers experienced by Canadian cancer patients and families when trying to arrange for or achieve a home death. A comprehensive literature search was performed across several databases to locate relevant studies. Barriers were defined as amendable determinants which may be changed with appropriate resources and policies. Four major barriers were identified: inadequacy of support services, insufficiency of family caregivers, inadequacy of home locations and sizes, and discontinuity of care by family physicians.
- Subjects
CANADA; CANCER patients; CAREGIVERS; HOME care services; HOSPICE care; GENERAL practitioners
- Publication
Journal of Pain Management, 2017, Vol 10, Issue 1, p107
- ISSN
1939-5914
- Publication type
Article