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Healthcare professionals’ views on how palliative care should be delivered in Bhutan: A qualitative study

Palliative care aims to relieve serious health-related suffering among patients and families affected by life-limiting illnesses. However, palliative care remains limited or non-existent in most low- and middle- income countries. Bhutan is a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas where palliative care is an...

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Autores principales: Laabar, Tara Devi, Saunders, Christobel, Auret, Kirsten, Johnson, Claire E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000775
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Saunders, Christobel
Auret, Kirsten
Johnson, Claire E.
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description Palliative care aims to relieve serious health-related suffering among patients and families affected by life-limiting illnesses. However, palliative care remains limited or non-existent in most low- and middle- income countries. Bhutan is a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas where palliative care is an emerging concept. This study aimed to explore the views of Bhutanese healthcare professionals on how palliative care should be delivered in Bhutan. It is a component of a bigger research program aimed at developing a contextual based palliative care model for Bhutan. This is a descriptive qualitative study. Eleven focus group discussions and two in-depth interviews were conducted among healthcare professionals, recruited through purposeful sampling, from community health centres, district hospitals, regional and national referral hospitals, and the traditional hospital in Bhutan. The participants in this study emphasized the need for suitable palliative care policies; education, training and awareness on palliative care; adequate access to essential palliative care medicines; adequate manpower and infrastructure; and a multi-disciplinary palliative care team. Participants confirmed a socially, culturally and spiritually appropriate approach is crucial for palliative care services in Bhutan. Despite palliative care being a young concept, the Bhutanese healthcare professionals have embraced its importance, emphasized its urgent need and highlighted their views on how it should be delivered in the country. This study will help inform the development of a public health-focused palliative care model, socially, culturally and spiritually applicable to the Bhutanese people, as recommended by the World Health Organization.
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spelling pubmed-100217672023-03-17 Healthcare professionals’ views on how palliative care should be delivered in Bhutan: A qualitative study Laabar, Tara Devi Saunders, Christobel Auret, Kirsten Johnson, Claire E. PLOS Glob Public Health Research Article Palliative care aims to relieve serious health-related suffering among patients and families affected by life-limiting illnesses. However, palliative care remains limited or non-existent in most low- and middle- income countries. Bhutan is a tiny kingdom in the Himalayas where palliative care is an emerging concept. This study aimed to explore the views of Bhutanese healthcare professionals on how palliative care should be delivered in Bhutan. It is a component of a bigger research program aimed at developing a contextual based palliative care model for Bhutan. This is a descriptive qualitative study. Eleven focus group discussions and two in-depth interviews were conducted among healthcare professionals, recruited through purposeful sampling, from community health centres, district hospitals, regional and national referral hospitals, and the traditional hospital in Bhutan. The participants in this study emphasized the need for suitable palliative care policies; education, training and awareness on palliative care; adequate access to essential palliative care medicines; adequate manpower and infrastructure; and a multi-disciplinary palliative care team. Participants confirmed a socially, culturally and spiritually appropriate approach is crucial for palliative care services in Bhutan. Despite palliative care being a young concept, the Bhutanese healthcare professionals have embraced its importance, emphasized its urgent need and highlighted their views on how it should be delivered in the country. This study will help inform the development of a public health-focused palliative care model, socially, culturally and spiritually applicable to the Bhutanese people, as recommended by the World Health Organization. Public Library of Science 2022-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10021767/ /pubmed/36962741 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000775 Text en © 2022 Laabar et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Healthcare professionals’ views on how palliative care should be delivered in Bhutan: A qualitative study
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title_fullStr Healthcare professionals’ views on how palliative care should be delivered in Bhutan: A qualitative study
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title_sort healthcare professionals’ views on how palliative care should be delivered in bhutan: a qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962741
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