Poverty, choice and dying in the UK
A call to examine whether public health approaches to palliative care address the needs of low-income communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15082306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorraine Hansford (0000-0002-8795-117X, Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, corresponding author), F Thomas (0000-0002-7572-3030, Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK), Katrina Wyatt (0000-0001-7099-159X, Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 610-626 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mortality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1357-6275 • E-ISSN: 1469-9885 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13576275.2022.2044299 |
| OpenAlex | W4214819959 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 48 |
People living on a low income are less likely to access palliative care in the UK; however, beyond the statistics, little is known about the impact of poverty on attitudes towards death and experiences of dying and bereavement. Covid-19 has disproportionally affected poorer communities and foregrounded issues of social and health inequalities including experiences of loss and grief. Whilst this might suggest an opportune moment for embracing inclusive health-promoting approaches to palliative care, this paper argues that the centrality of concepts such as choice within such approaches, and assumptions about what constitutes a ‘good death’, disregard the ways in which structural, social and economic aspects of poverty interface with attitudes towards and experiences of dying, and may exacerbate inequalities in death and dying
Centrality · Denial · Economic growth · Economics · Grief · Health care · Inequality · Palliative care · Poverty · Psychiatry · Public health · Sociology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |