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July 21, 2025BMC Palliative CareOpen Access

Palliative care access and use among homeless individuals: a scoping review

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ARAshley Rodericks-SchulwachRGRavi GokaniLMLynn Martin

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Overview

Scoping review reveals unique challenges to palliative care access for homeless individuals, suggesting improvements are needed in healthcare staff relationships and provider models.

Key Points

  • Homeless individuals face significant health inequalities and unique challenges in accessing palliative care.
  • The review analyzed 45 studies, highlighting the relationship between homeless individuals and healthcare staff as crucial for care access.
  • Provider-side barriers to palliative care in homeless communities underscore the need for improved healthcare models.
  • Future research should explore interventions tailored to specific sub-populations within homelessness to enhance care delivery.

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Rodericks-Schulwach et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a0614e6551bb0af8cd46ahttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01835-x
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