Collaboration between a US Academic Institution and International Ministry of Health to develop a culturally appropriate palliative care navigation curriculum.

Autor: Fernandes R; The Pacific Islands Geriatric Education Center and the John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence in Geriatrics, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, United States. Electronic address: fernandes.ritabelle@gmail.com., Riklon S; Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, United States., Langidrik JR; Ministry of Health, Republic of the Marshall Islands., Williams SN; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, United States., Kabua N; National Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, Ministry of Health, Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) [Healthc (Amst)] 2014 Dec; Vol. 2 (4), pp. 275-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Oct 03.
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2014.08.001
Abstrakt: Implementation lessons: (1) The development and testing of a culturally appropriate palliative care navigation curriculum for countries facing high cancer and non-communicable diseases burden requires collaboration with the local Ministry of Health. (2) Lay volunteers from non-governmental and faith-based organizations are potential candidates to provide patient navigation services.
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