Social disparities and symptom burden in populations with advanced cancer: specialist palliative care providers' perspectives.
Anna Santos SalasSharon M WatanabeYoko TarumiTracy WildemanAna M Hermosa GarcíaBisi AdewaleWendy DugglebyPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2019)
Participants perceived that social disparities may increase symptom complexity in populations with advanced cancer. Participants did not identify ethnicity and gender as influencing symptom burden. Further research is needed to examine the interactions of social disparities, patient individuality, and symptom burden.