Healing relationships between patients from visible minority groups and their clinicians in palliative care: Protocol for an interpretive description study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care supports human dignity across the trajectory of a serious illness. In addition to addressing multiple dimensions of suffering among patients, palliative care aims to foster healing-a relational process through which one experiences personal growth and transcendence. Palliative care clinicians build relationships with patients through communication practices that enhance trust and other relational elements. These relationships hold the potential to mitigate patient suffering. However, patients from visible minority groups may face structural barriers and clinician biases that impede the formation of healing-oriented relationships. We know little about their experiences of relationships in this setting.

Objectives

To examine the qualities of healing

SUBMITTER: Wassef K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12669484 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature