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Culturally Centered Palliative Care: A Framework for Equitable Neurocritical Care

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Abstract

Health disparities continue to plague racial and ethnic underserved patients in the United States. Disparities extend to the most critically ill patients, including those experiencing neurologic injury and patients at the end of life. Achieving health equity in palliative care in the neurointensive care unit requires clinicians to acknowledge and address structural racism and the social determinants of health. This article highlights racial and ethnic disparities in neurocritical care and palliative care and offers recommendations for an anti-racist approach to palliative care in the neurointensive care unit for clinicians.
Title
Culturally Centered Palliative Care: A Framework for Equitable Neurocritical Care
Authors
Paula M. Magee
Tessie W. October
Publication date
02-07-2024
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Neurocritical Care / Issue 3/2024
Print ISSN: 1541-6933
Electronic ISSN: 1556-0961
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-024-02041-y
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