%0 Journal Article
%T Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Palliative Care: A Systematic Scoping Review
%A Aliza Koplow
%A Daniel S. Gardner
%A Gleneara Bates
%A Meredith Doherty
%A Sarah Johnson
%J Families in Society
%@ 1945-1350
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1044389418809083
%X Despite the advances and spread of palliative care programs, communities of color remain significantly underserved. Although these disparities are widely known, there is a marked lack of empirical evidence. The authors conducted a systematic scoping review that synthesized the literature since 2000 about racial and ethnic disparities in palliative and end-of-life care. We searched PubMed, Medline, SocIndex, CINAHL, Social Work Abstracts, and PsycINFO, using search terms including palliative care or end-of-life care, disparities or barriers or utilization, and race or ethnicity or African American or Hispanic. Findings lend support to extant literature that social-environmental barriers and disparities distinctly affect access to care for these populations. The review expands upon understanding of how social determinants drive disparities in palliative and end-of-life care and suggests implications for practice, policy, and research in promoting health equity in serious illness
%K palliative care
%K disparities
%K race/ethnicity
%K health equity
%K Social Work Grand Challenges
%K social determinants of health
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1044389418809083