Barriers to Healing: End-of-Life Care for Incarcerated Patients

Key Points

• Access to end-of-life care is severely limited for incarcerated patients, impacting their quality of life.
• Key barriers include restrictions on healthcare access and inadequate palliative care services in prisons.
• Observational analysis highlights systemic issues affecting the provision of care for dying inmates.
• These findings suggest a critical need for healthcare policy reforms to ensure humane treatment of incarcerated individuals.