Research Snapshot: "So that at the end you have a gentle landing": Palliative care in natural disaster response
This snapshot summarises the findings, implications for pracitioners and policymakers, and recommendations for future research
Abstract
Humanitarian aid organisations and healthcare providers increasingly recognise the benefits of palliative care during humanitarian crises as a means of relieving human suffering. Interviews conducted with humanitarian healthcare providers who responded to natural disasters suggested that the provision of palliative care in disaster settings should be considered an ethical obligation. A key finding was that palliative care is possible during natural disaster response if it is incorporated into disaster planning beforehand. This snapshot summarises the background to this research and how it was conducted, as well as the key findings, implications for pracitioners and policymakers, and recommendations for future research.
This research was supported by the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme
Citation
elrha (2020) Research Snapshot: “So that at the end you have a a gentle landing”: Palliative care in natural disaster response. elhra