The benefits, barriers, and specific needs of palliative care for adults with cancer in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: People living in low - and middle-income countries are less likely to receive palliative care. Early delivery of palliative care reduces unnecessary hospital admissions and improves patients' and their families' quality of life. This systematic review has compiled and scrutinized adult cancer patients' benefits, barriers, and specific palliative care needs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to provide stakeholders with vital information that can improve the support and care provided to this expanding patient population. A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, Medline, and ProQuest under the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Studies included in the rev

SUBMITTER: Sadiq FU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11986865 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature