Biomaterial Database

Public Health and Palliative Care. 2023

Sarah H Cross, and Dio Kavalieratos

Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: shcross@emory.edu.

Meeting the needs of people at the end of life (EOL) is a public health (PH) concern, yet a PH approach has not been widely applied to EOL care. The design of hospice in the United States, with its focus on cost containment, has resulted in disparities in EOL care use and quality. Individuals with non-cancer diagnoses, minoritized individuals, individuals of lower socioeconomic status, and those who do not yet qualify for hospice are particularly disadvantaged by the existing hospice policy. New models of palliative care (both hospice and non-hospice) are needed to equitably address the burden of suffering from a serious illness.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010166	Palliative Care	Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)	Palliative Treatment,Palliative Supportive Care,Palliative Surgery,Palliative Therapy,Surgery, Palliative,Therapy, Palliative,Care, Palliative,Palliative Treatments,Supportive Care, Palliative,Treatment, Palliative,Treatments, Palliative
D011634	Public Health	Branch of medicine concerned with the prevention and control of disease and disability, and the promotion of physical and mental health of the population on the international, national, state, or municipal level.	Community Health,Environment, Preventive Medicine & Public Health,Environment, Preventive Medicine and Public Health,Health, Community,Health, Public
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013727	Terminal Care	Medical and nursing care of patients in the terminal stage of an illness.	End-Of-Life Care,End of Life Care,Care, End-Of-Life,Care, Terminal,End-Of-Life Cares
D035862	Vulnerable Populations	Groups of persons whose range of options is severely limited, who are frequently subjected to COERCION in their DECISION MAKING, or who may be compromised in their ability to give INFORMED CONSENT.	Disadvantaged Populations,Patients, Underserved,Populations, Underserved,Sensitive Population Groups,Sensitive Populations,Disadvantaged Population,Patient, Underserved,Population Group, Sensitive,Population, Disadvantaged,Population, Sensitive,Population, Underserved,Population, Vulnerable,Sensitive Population,Sensitive Population Group,Underserved Patient,Underserved Patients,Underserved Population,Underserved Populations,Vulnerable Population