Improving Access and Health Outcomes in Palliative Care through Cultural Competence: An exploration of opportunities and challenges in India.
People who belong to ethnic, racial and cultural minorities often have less access to healthcare and have poorer health outcomes when compared to the majority population. In the COVID pandemic, too, health disparities have been observed. Similar disparities have been noted in patients with advanced...
| Published in: | Indian Journal of Palliative Care Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 331 - 338 |
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Oct-Dec2022
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