Exploring socioeconomic inequities in access to palliative and end-of-life care in the UK: a narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efforts inequities in access to palliative and end-of-life care require comprehensive understanding about the extent of and reasons for inequities. Most research on this topic examines differences in receipt of care. There is a need, particularly in the UK, for theoretically driven research that considers both receipt of care and the wider factors influencing the relationship between socioeconomic position and access to palliative and end-of-life care.

Methods

This is a mixed studies narrative synthesis on socioeconomic position and access to palliative and end-of-life care in the UK. Study searches were conducted in databases AMED, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, SocIndex, and Academic Literature Search, as well as grey literature sources, in July 2020. The candidacy mo

SUBMITTER: French M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8606060 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature