Abstract
Context
Organizations such as Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network functions to promote
quality palliative care development through training and education, research collaboration
and variety relevant projects and events for all in the Asia and Pacific region.
Objectives
To summarise and further compare existing development indicators used in Asia Pacific
region for palliative care.
Methods
The current review used Whittemore and Knafl ’s framework for integrative reviews.
PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and Google Scholar databases were searched for eligible studies.
This review focused on palliative care development according to the domains and indicators
identified by the World Health Organization Public Health Strategy and ATLANTES Palliative
Care Research Group. Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal checklists were adopted
to assess the methodological quality of included studies.
Results
Ten studies were included and two main findings were identified: 1) There was a strong
evidence of educational preparation, use of medicines and service provision for palliative
care development in Asia Pacific and 2) Professional activities and policy geared
towards palliative care development were limited and had relative emphasis at a country-level
in Asia Pacific.
Conclusion
Palliative care development is largely influenced by policies and funding structures
as well as by cultural views and beliefs of stakeholders. It is expected that individuals,
stakeholders and practitioners in Asia Pacific might have differing views and cultural
beliefs when compared to the European or western counterparts. The lack of details
and documentation in the region and inadequate reporting measures impacts on the development
of strong palliative care framework.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 29, 2021
Accepted:
April 21,
2021
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