Challenges of Providing Palliative and End-of-Life Care to Refugee Claimants in Canada: A Case Report

M Abdelaal, C Blake, J Lau - Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Refugees are a highly vulnerable marginalized population with unique medical and
psychosocial needs. Unfortunately, the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) in Canada …

A scoping review of undocumented immigrants and palliative care: Implications for the Canadian context

L Seto Nielsen, Z Goldstein, D Leung, C Lee… - Journal of immigrant and …, 2019 - Springer
Approximately 30–40 million undocumented immigrants worldwide suffer restricted health
care. A scoping review was conducted to determine what is known about this population's …

[PDF][PDF] Health care and refugees in Canada

C Alexander - CMAJ, 2014 - Can Med Assoc
Although Downar and colleagues1 present a very detailed examination of many of the
issues involved in our growing national examination of how Canadians expect to manage …

Compounded trauma: A qualitative study of the challenges for refugees living with advanced cancer

P Guo, S Alajarmeh, G Alarja, W Alrjoub… - Palliative …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Although palliative care is now an essential health service under Universal
Health Coverage, ensuring access and appropriate care for refugees is a specific challenge …

Caring for refugees with cancer: a case for training of US oncology professionals

L Schapira - Cancer Care in Countries and Societies in Transition …, 2016 - Springer
Refugees and asylum seekers face cultural, language, literacy, and economic barriers that
may result in negative experiences with the healthcare system and may interfere with the …

Death, dying, and end-of-life experiences among refugees: a scoping review

F Madi, H Ismail, FM Fouad, H Kerbage… - … of Palliative Care, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The objective of this scoping review is to identify and map the global literature
on death, dying, and end-of-life experiences among refugees. The study aims at identifying …

End-Of-Life care for an undocumented Mexican immigrant: resident perspective

L Karapetyan, O Dawani… - Journal of Palliative …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The immigrant population in the United States has grown over the past years.
Undocumented immigrants account for 14.6% of the uninsured population in the United …

[PDF][PDF] Palliative care is a useful means to overcome intercultural barriers faced by refugees in their new host countries

M Silbermann, L Baider, D Respini, P Tralongo… - J. Palliat Care …, 2018 - academia.edu
The unprecedented wave of refugee migration from Africa and the Middle East to Europe
presents major challenges to European health professionals and to society at large. A recent …

Minding the gap: access to palliative care and the homeless

L Huynh, B Henry, N Dosani - BMC Palliative Care, 2015 - Springer
Background With an ever increasing number of individuals living with chronic and terminal
illnesses, palliative care as an emerging field is poised for unprecedented expansion …

Palliative care, homelessness, and restricted or uncertain immigration status

BF Hudson, E Dzeng, A Burnett… - Palliative Care and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: People experiencing homelessness have limited access to palliative care
support despite high levels of ill health and premature mortality. Most research exploring …