After over a decade of resettlement of ethnic Nepali refugees in the US, a significant
population of seriously ill refugees will require palliative care and hospice care. The refugee …

Refugees are often afflicted with health conditions that require long-term, specialized and
continuous care services that are costly and difficult to secure in host countries and camp …

Outcomes 1. Understanding the perceptions of palliative care, treatment preferences, and
end-of-life wishes of latino patients, participants will self-report the ability to apply these …

Over 4 million American Indians and Alaskan Natives live in communities that receive health
care primarily from the federal Indian Health Service or tribal health programs. Palliative …

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 …

Background Indigenous peoples in developed countries have reduced life expectancies,
particularly from chronic diseases. The lack of access to and take up of palliative care …

Patients facing life-threatening illness often experience unnecessary and preventable
suffering including extreme and prolonged pain, psychological distress, as well as …

Objectives Palliative care has been neglected in humanitarian crisis situations as the
imperative to save lives has caused the needs of individuals who cannot be cured to be …

Abstract The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the inherent dignity, the
equal and unalienable rights to be universally protected for all humans irrespective of race …

Refugees are a highly vulnerable marginalized population with unique medical and
psychosocial needs. Unfortunately, the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) in Canada …