Cheryl Macpherson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6078732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cheryl Macpherson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cheryl |
| FAMILY NAME | Macpherson |
| SIGNATURE | MACPHERSON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cheryl Macpherson is with the Bioethics Department, St George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, WI. Muge Akpinar-Elci is with the Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, St George’s University School of Medicine. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Main themes, barriers, and solutions to palliative and end-of-life care in the English-speaking Caribbean
OBJECTIVES: To identify common themes documented in the literature on palliative and end-of-life care in English-speaking Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS), and to describe barriers, improvement strategies, and suggested ways forward. METHODS: In 2015, we conducted a systematic scoping review of relevant literature identified through the MEDLINE and Web of Science databases. We supplemented that with searches of other electronic and…
Impacts of Climate Change on Caribbean Life
We appreciate Ford’s documentation of the many ways in which climate change threatens the traditional lifestyles and health of indigenous and other populations.1 As Ford states, the impacts of climate change on indigenous peoples are primarily studied in Australia and the Arctic, leaving much unknown about their global scale and manifestations in other regions.1 We believe that small island communities such as the Caribbean are also vulnerable to…
Standards and Practices in a Diverse World
Overcoming Barriers to Pain Relief in the Caribbean
This paper examines pain and pain relief in the Caribbean, where pain is widely perceived as an unavoidable part of life, and where unnecessary suffering results from untreated and under treated pain. Barriers to pain relief in the Caribbean include patient and family attitudes, inadequate knowledge among health professionals and unduly restrictive regulations on the medical use of opioids. Similar barriers exist all over the world. This paper ur…
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Overcoming Barriers to Pain Relief in the Caribbean
This paper examines pain and pain relief in the Caribbean, where pain is widely perceived as an unavoidable part of life, and where unnecessary suffering results from untreated and under treated pain. Barriers to pain relief in the Caribbean include patient and family attitudes, inadequate knowledge among health professionals and unduly restrictive regulations on the medical use of opioids. Similar barriers exist all over the world. This paper ur…
Standards and Practices in a Diverse World
Impacts of Climate Change on Caribbean Life
We appreciate Ford’s documentation of the many ways in which climate change threatens the traditional lifestyles and health of indigenous and other populations.1 As Ford states, the impacts of climate change on indigenous peoples are primarily studied in Australia and the Arctic, leaving much unknown about their global scale and manifestations in other regions.1 We believe that small island communities such as the Caribbean are also vulnerable to…
Main themes, barriers, and solutions to palliative and end-of-life care in the English-speaking Caribbean
OBJECTIVES: To identify common themes documented in the literature on palliative and end-of-life care in English-speaking Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS), and to describe barriers, improvement strategies, and suggested ways forward. METHODS: In 2015, we conducted a systematic scoping review of relevant literature identified through the MEDLINE and Web of Science databases. We supplemented that with searches of other electronic and…
Political science (4 works) · Health care (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Palliative care (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Art history (1 work) · Bioethics (1 work)