Racism in Palliative Care Research: We Still have a Ways to Go

Stacy Fischer; Mary Isaacson; Rashmi K Sharma; Kimberly S Johnson

doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.09.009

Racism in Palliative Care Research: We Still have a Ways to Go

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 Jan;65(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.09.009. Epub 2022 Oct 2.

Authors

Stacy Fischer¹, Mary Isaacson², Rashmi K Sharma³, Kimberly S Johnson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine (S.F.), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
² College of Nursing (M.I.), South Dakota State University, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA.
³ Division of General Internal Medicine (R.K.S.), University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine (K.S.J.), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Geriatric Research (K.S.J.), Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Electronic address: johns196@mc.duke.edu.

PMID: 36198336
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.09.009

Abstract

This series focuses on addressing the intersection of race and racism in palliative care through roundtable discussions with interdisciplinary clinicians, researchers, educators, and leaders in palliative care. These short discussions are intended to stimulate readers to examine issues of race and racism within the field of hospice and palliative care - in the various forms that it appears - as well as serve as a continual call to action to facilitate and promote equity.

Keywords: Racism; diversity and inclusion; equity; palliative medicine research.

MeSH terms

Hospice Care*
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing*
Humans
Palliative Care
Racism*