This critical review interrogates what we know about how poverty and deprivation impact
people at the end of life and what more we need to uncover. While we know that people in …

Research into geographical inequalities in health has focused almost exclusively on
examining the effects of area-level deprivation and has been largely framed through a …

Despite intersectionality's relevance to social work, scholars have raised concerns that its
misguided applications place it “in danger of being co-opted, depoliticized, and diluted.” This …

Policy attention to growing rural “health care deserts” tends to identify rural distance as a
primary spatial barrier to accessing care. This paper brings together geography, health …

Background A key pillar of Canada's healthcare system is universal access, yet significant
barriers to cancer services remain for people impacted by structural vulnerability (eg …

Alarming differences exist in cancer outcomes for people most impacted by persistent and
widening health and social inequities. People who are socially disadvantaged often have …

While increasingly recognized as a human right, access to hospice and palliative care is still
not a given. Even though palliative care as a concept seems to be unanimously supported …

As more jurisdictions consider legalizing medical assistance in dying or assisted death (AD),
there is an ongoing debate about whether AD is driven by socioeconomic deprivation or …

Background: People experiencing structural vulnerability (eg homelessness, poverty,
racism, criminalization of illicit drug use and mental health stigma) face significant barriers to …

Aim: To review the latest qualitative literature on how the physical hospital environment
affects palliative patients and their families. Background: People with a life-limiting illness …