'My wife is my doctor at home': A qualitative study exploring the challenges of home-based palliative care in a resource-poor setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family caregiving is common globally, but when a family member needs palliative and end-of-life care, this requires knowledge and expertise in dealing with symptoms, medication, and treatment side effects. Caring for a family member with advanced prostate cancer in the home presents practical and emotional challenges, especially in resource-poor contexts, where there are increasing palliative cases without adequate palliative care institutions.

Aim

The study explored palliative and end-of-life care experiences of family caregivers and patients living at home in a resource-poor context in Ghana.

Design

This is a qualitative study using thematic analysis of face-to-face interviews at two-time points.

Participants

Men living with advanced prostate cance

SUBMITTER: Salifu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797613 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature