Expectations and barriers to the utilization of specialist palliative care services among persons living with cancer in Ghana: an exploratory qualitative study.
Adwoa Bemah Boamah MensahAbena Agyekum PokuKofi Boamah MensahJoshua OkyereMaurice MikareFelix ApiribuEmelia Osei BoakyeJoe-Nat Clegg LampteyPublished in: Palliative care and social practice (2023)
In conclusion, there is a need to actively involve patients and their families in all decision-making along the continuum of palliative care service delivery. The study underscores the need for Ghana to implement an integration of palliative care services in primary healthcare facilities to avert the challenges that distance to tertiary healthcare facilities poses to palliative care utilization. Service providers must implement awareness programmes to enable patients to better comprehend palliative care services.
Keyphrases
- palliative care
- healthcare
- advanced cancer
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- primary care
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- decision making
- patient reported outcomes
- papillary thyroid
- patient reported
- affordable care act
- health insurance
- lymph node metastasis