Bereavement care for ethnic minority communities: A systematic review of access to, models of, outcomes from, and satisfaction with, service provision.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To review and synthesize the existing evidence on bereavement care, within the United Kingdom (UK), for ethnic minority communities in terms of barriers and facilitators to access; models of care; outcomes from, and satisfaction with, service provision.

Design

A systematic review adopting a framework synthesis approach was conducted. An electronic search of the literature was undertaken in MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Social Work Abstract and CINAHL via EBSCO, Global Health, Cochrane library, the Trip database and ProQuest between 1995 and 2020. Search terms included bereavement care, ethnic minority populations and the UK setting.

Results

From 3,185 initial records, following screening for eligibility, and full-text review of 164 articles, seven studies were

SUBMITTER: Mayland CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244918 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature