Palliative care interventions for people who use substances during communicable disease outbreaks: a scoping review

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

When resources are strained during communicable disease outbreaks, novel palliative care interventions may be required to optimally support people who use substances with life-limiting illnesses. Therefore, we asked the question, ‘what is known about communicable disease outbreaks, palliative care and people who use substances?’, such as palliative care interventions that can improve the quality of life of patients with life-limiting illnesses.

Design

We conducted a scoping review that involved comprehensive searches in six bibliographic databases from inception to April 2021 (Medline ALL (Medline and Epub Ahead of Print and In-Process and Other Non-Indexed Citations), Embase Classic+Embase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of

SUBMITTER: Lau J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9361748 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature