The palliative care needs and experiences of people with advanced head and neck cancer: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The palliative care needs of people with advanced head and neck cancer pose unique complexities due to the impact the illness has on eating, speaking, appearance and breathing. Examining these needs would help provide guidance about developing relevant models of care and identify gaps in research knowledge.

Aim

To identify and map out the palliative care needs and experiences for people with advanced head and neck cancer.

Design

A scoping literature review following the methods described by the Joanna Briggs Institute.

Data sources

An electronic search of the literature was undertaken in MEDLINE (Ovid), EMBASE and CINAHL covering the years January 1996 to January 2019.

Results

People with advanced head and neck cancer often had palliative care

SUBMITTER: Mayland CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797618 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature