Integrating palliative care into primary care for older people with multimorbid serious illness: a multinational qualitative cross-sectional study in Sub-Saharan Africa
Person-centred approaches are required to deliver palliative care to older multimorbid people in primary care settings. This study informs implementation of the WHO Healthy Ageing Policy intention to deliver person-centred primary palliative care and the WHO primary palliative care guidance.
Authors
- Duncan Kwaitana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4925-4565)
- Dickson D. Chifamba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4338-019X)
- Catherine Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0034-7402)
- Lovemore Mupaza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7365-1789)
- Kennedy Bashan Nkhoma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2991-8160)
- Edwina Addo Opare-Lokko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8100-4454)
- Dorothee van Breevoort (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3122-0252)
- Richard Harding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-8689)
- Jane Bates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4459-837X)
- Modai Mnenula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2318-1839)
- Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-702X)
Institutions
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GH)
- Cicely Saunders International (GB)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Public Health
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001355
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- King's College London
- Medical Research Council